Commiphora

Commiphora
	Commiphora caudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Burseraceae
Genus:	Commiphora; Jacq. (1797)
Species
	ca. 190. See text.
Synonyms
	Balessam Bruce (1790); Balsamea Gled. (1782); Balsamodendrum Kunth (1824); Balsamophloeos O.Berg (1862); Balsamus Stackh. (1814); Bdellion Baill. ex Laness. (1886), not validly publ.; Hemprichia Ehrenb. (1829); Heudelotia A.Rich. (1831); Hitzera Klotzsch (1861); Neomangenotia J.-F.Leroy (1976); Niotoutt Adans. (1759); Protionopsis Blume (1850); Spondiopsis Engl. (1895);

The genus of the myrrhs, Commiphora, is the most species-rich genus of flowering plants in the frankincense and myrrh family, Burseraceae. The genus contains approximately 190 species of shrubs and trees, which are distributed throughout the (sub-) tropical regions of Africa, the western Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and South America. The genus is drought-tolerant and common throughout the xerophytic scrub, seasonally dry tropical forests, and woodlands of these regions.

The common name myrrh refers to several species of the genus, from which aromatic resins are derived for various fragrance and medicinal uses by humans.

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