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Boswellia sacra Flück.

Boswellia sacra, of the family Burseraceae, is the frankincense tree of southern Arabia and the Horn of Africa. Its product is an oleo-gum resin that exudes where the bark is wounded.

In Dhofar, the main region of frankincense production in Oman, the resin is gathered by tapping the trunks and branches.

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Latin name
Boswellia sacra Flück.
documented

Boswellia sacra Flück.

GBIF-1 · GBIF Secretariat (2023) · read 2026-09-30

the GBIF record’s scientific name; the accepted name in the GBIF Backbone (usage 8330171); GC-15 and GC-16 write the author “Flueck.”

confidence A

Common name
frankincense tree (olibanum)
documented

Species of the genus, known as frankincense trees (olibanum), produce a resin gum traditionally harvested by making incisions on the trunks of the trees; as the resin is exposed, it darkens and hardens before being removed from the incision [9].

GC-16 · Miran et al. (2022). Taxonomical Investigation, Chemical Composition, Traditional Use in Medicine, and Pharmacological Activities of Boswellia sacra Flueck · read 2026-09-30

said of the genus

confidence B

Family
Burseraceae
documented

Burseraceae

GBIF-1 · GBIF Secretariat (2023) · read 2026-09-30

the GBIF record’s family; and GC-16: “a perennial plant belonging to the family Burseraceae”

confidence A

Part used
the oleo-gum resin that exudes from the wounded trunk and branches
documented

The major product of Boswellia species, a dried oleo-gum resin exuded from wounded stem surfaces, has been used as frankincense since ancient times3,4.

GC-15 · Yamamoto et al. (2020). Roles of ethylene, jasmonic acid, and salicylic acid and their interactions in frankincense resin production in Boswellia sacra Flueck · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Cultivars
not on record
not on record

no cultivar is named in a filed source

Wikidata
Q133964
documented

P225 taxon name: Boswellia sacra

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

the item’s taxon name (P225) is “Boswellia sacra”, the record’s botanical name without its author

confidence A

Origins on record
  • Dhofar
    documented

    nothing on record supports a value; none is invented

    confidence A

Materials

Films and plates

  • SPEC-6 · frankincense: the /materials specimen still · still
  • OR-6 · frankincense: the origin film (the field to the bench) · queued: the master queue lists OR-6 as queued (the render queue’s list, read 2026-09-30); no path until it is rendered and published
    a render-time texture (Dry Riverbed Rock; a render input only): "Dry Riverbed Rock", Amal Kumar (Poly Haven), CC0 1.0; a render-time texture (Bark Willow 02; a render input only): "Bark Willow 02", Charlotte Baglioni (Poly Haven), CC0 1.0

Sources

  1. GBIF-1 · GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-09-30. doi.org/10.15468/39omei · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
  2. GC-15 · Yamamoto F, Iwanaga F, Al-Busaidi A, Yamanaka N. Roles of ethylene, jasmonic acid, and salicylic acid and their interactions in frankincense resin production in Boswellia sacra Flueck. trees. Scientific Reports 2020;10(1):16760. DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-73993-2. PMID 33028915. PMCID PMC7541518. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73993-2 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
  3. GC-16 · Miran M, Amirshahrokhi K, Ajanii Y, Zadali R, Rutter MW, Enayati A, Movahedzadeh F. Taxonomical Investigation, Chemical Composition, Traditional Use in Medicine, and Pharmacological Activities of Boswellia sacra Flueck. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2022;2022:8779676. DOI 10.1155/2022/8779676. PMID 35222678. PMCID PMC8881160. doi.org/10.1155/2022/8779676 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
  4. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0

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this record as data: /data/botanical/boswellia-sacra.json · version 4 · updated 2026-10-01 · confidence A