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family Burseraceae - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees

rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants

Geraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae

incense tree - any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense

Bursera, genus Bursera - type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi

Boswellia, genus Boswellia - genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense

Commiphora, genus Commiphora - genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products

genus Protium, Protium - genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi

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References in periodicals archive

Frankincense is the dried gum resin of Boswellia carterii, one of 43 species in the genus Boswellia of the family Burseraceae. It has been commonly used to alleviate pain in different diseases [7, 8].

A Combined Water Extract of Frankincense and Myrrh Alleviates Neuropathic Pain in Mice via Modulation of TRPV1

Samples of the dried oleo-gum-resin of Boswellia carteri Birdwood and Commiphora myrrha Engler Family Burseraceae were purchased from Haraz Egyptian herbal store, Cairo, Egypt.

Phytochemical study of the biologically active fractions of the oleo-gum-resins of Boswellia carteri and Commiphora myrrha

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