genus Boswellia

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

Boswellia

rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants

Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees

Boswellia carteri - tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense

Boswellia serrata, salai - East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense

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Boswellia Boswellia carteri Boswellia serrata Burseraceae family Burseraceae salai torchwood family			Salalah is home to frankincense, or olibanum, (the aromatic resin obtained from scraggly but hardy trees of the genus Boswellia,) the signature scent of Oman. Cool (and green) as a cucumber by Travel & Tourism News It is formed on the bark of various shrubs of the genus Boswellia which grow chiefly in the Middle East, Somalia and Eritrea. HOLY SMOKE IS A CANCER RISK by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			genus Blennius genus Blephilia genus Bletia genus Bletilla genus Blighia genus Blissus genus Bloomeria genus Bocconia genus Boehmeria genus Bolbitis genus Boletellus genus Boletus genus Boltonia genus Bomarea genus Bombax genus Bombina genus Bombus genus bombycilla genus Bombyx genus Bonasa genus Borago genus Borassus genus Borrelia genus Bos genus Boselaphus genus Boswellia genus Botaurus genus Bothrops genus Botrychium genus Bougainvillaea genus Bougainvillea genus Bouteloua genus Bowiea genus Boykinia genus Brachinus genus Brachychiton genus Brachycome genus Brachystegia genus Bradypus genus Brama genus Branchiobdella genus Branta genus Brasenia genus Brassavola genus Brassia genus Brassica genus Brevoortia genus Brickelia genus Brodiaea genus Bromus genus Brontosaurus			genus Blephilia genus Bletia genus Bletilla genus Blighia genus Blissus genus Bloomeria genus Bocconia genus Boehmeria genus Bolbitis genus Boletellus genus Boletus genus Boltonia genus Bomarea genus Bombax genus Bombina genus Bombus genus bombycilla genus Bombyx genus Bonasa genus Borago genus Borassus genus Borrelia genus Bos genus Boselaphus genus Boswellia genus Botaurus genus Bothrops genus Botrychium genus Bougainvillaea genus Bougainvillea genus Bouteloua genus Bowiea genus Boykinia genus Brachinus genus Brachychiton genus Brachycome genus Brachystegia genus Bradypus genus Brama genus Branchiobdella genus Branta genus Brasenia genus Brassavola genus Brassia genus Brassica genus Brevoortia genus Brickelia genus Brodiaea genus Bromus

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