Boswellia carteri

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Noun1.Boswellia carteri - tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense
incense tree - any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
Boswellia, genus Boswellia - genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense
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Frankincense (olibanum) is a gum resin that produced from Boswellia carteri tree.
The new products are: lemon, botanical name citrus limon; patchouli, pogostemon cablin; frankincense, boswellia carteri; and frankincense, mix of boswellia serrata and carteri.
Among them is the Al-Saber Al-Socatri tree, Mur tree, Boswellia Carteri tree, Euphorbia Milii and Jaraz tree.
Boswellia carteri Birdwood and Commiphora myrrha Engler oleo-gum-resins (incense and myrrh respectively) are ancient remedies known since the Ancient Egyptian time.
Each woman was offered a choice of one of five essential oils: "Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), clary sage (Salvia sclarea), frankincense (Boswellia carteri), lavender and mandarin (citrus reticulate)" (Burns et al., 2007, p.
Scientists in the US studied an enriched extract of the frankincense herb Boswellia carteri.
Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): Frankincense oil-tracing its origin to India, Africa and the Middle East- may prove to be an inexpensive alternative therapy for treating bladder cancer, according to a new study.cientists have shown that an enriched extract of the Somalian Frankincense herb Boswellia carteri can kill bladder cancer cells.
The resin is obtained from an unlikely looking scrubby gnarled tree (Boswellia Carteri), that grows primarily in the Dhofar province of southern Oman.
Frankincense comes from a very scraggly looking tree called the Boswellia (Boswellia carteri) that grows in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman.
One of these is of the transport of frankincense Boswellia carteri on the expedition of Queen Hatchepsut, shown in a relief at Der-el-Bahari about the year 1480 BC.
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