"ملف XX/٥ معلومات عن النباتات في الكويت." [ظ‎‎٢‎٦] (١٦٢/٥٤)

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collected by Dr. Carter near Merbat and Ras Fartak under the verna
cular name of Maghrayt d’sheehaz must then obtain a new distinctive
specific name. So far the evidence for separation is that the Arabian
tree appears to be smaller than the Somali tree, and to have the stamens
inserted at a higher level on the outside of the disc.
There is also a third plant which like the last may require a distinctive
specific name. Playfair obtained it under the name of Mohr viadow
from the Somali coast, and it is No. 6 of the Flora of Tropical Africa.
There is every reason for believing that all three forms or species or
whatever they be, yield commercial frankincense.
Boswellia elongata, ifo//./.—A balsam-yielding tree of Socotra. It is
not stated if it is commercially used.
Boswellia Frereana, Birdwood — A tree fifteen feet high (possibly higher)
of the Ahl mountains in Somaliland occurring plentifully near Bunder
Murayha and called Yegaar. It yields a resin which is not olibanum ;
and which is said to be collected by the Abardagahala tribe of Somalis
after incising the trees in July and August.
Boswellia Hildebrandtii, Engl .—Used as a medicine under the namelof
Gekar in East Africa. Details unknown.
Boswellia neglecta, Engl .—A tree of the Ahl mountains of Somaliland,
named as a source of Balsam,
Boswellia papyrifera, Hochst. —A tree of Abyssinia and surrounding
countries, generally believed until 1869 to be the source of frankincense.
It is far from disproved that the species cannot yield frankincense, but
it is not proved that it yields any.
Boswellia serrata, Roxb. —The Indian tree which yields Salai gum and
which simply because people had got it into their heads that such
species are produced in India, was said to yield olibanum until the
middle of the last century. 7
Boswellia socotrana, Balf. /.—A Balsam-yielding tree of Socotra. It is
not slated if it is commercially used.
Boswelia thurifera v Roxb.='Q. serrata.
Bschiamed—l he Jipename of Commiphora quadricincta, according
to Schwemfurth. The word appears to have something in common
with Becham (Besajn) the Arabic for Balm.
Byssabol. ' " "" : “* oumc to,uuslon 10
Chaddash, Chaddesch— See Khaddash.
Chinaibol— The Siamese balsam used in Calcutta and Bombay; not Myrrh.
Chittu— Kanarese for Boswellia serrata.
Ccmmipbora ahyssinica, shrub of Abyssinia, Erythraa an<
South Arabia, said by Schweinfurth to yield true Myrrh. E M Holme*
dissents. It is useless to marshall the pros and cons for either view a*
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