Boswellia

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Boswellia sacra

Incense plants ( frankincense or even frankincense tree ) are a genus of flowering plants within the balsam tree plants. From the milky gum resin, the resin incense (olibanum ) is obtained by air-drying.

Description

The resin -giving trees reach heights of growth from 1.5 to 8 m, have a papery peeling bark and form up to 25 cm long, racemose inflorescences from. The milky resin is found in schizogenous Exkreträumen the bark.

Dissemination

The frankincense species growing in arid regions around the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan), in Arabia ( Dhofar in southern Oman, Hadramaut in Yemen ), and in India. The habitat of these trees is enough in a barren landscape between rocks and cliffs to a height of 1200 m above sea level. NN.

System

The genus Boswellia includes, among others, the following types:

• Boswellia bhaw - dajiana Birdw. - Red Sea ( coast), South Arabia ( Hadramaut ), Somaliland
• Boswellia dalzielii - Dalziel incense, West Africa
• Boswellia frereana Birdw. - Elemi incense
• Boswellia nana Hepper, endemic to Socotra
• Boswellia papyrifera ( Delile ex Caill. ) Hochst. - Ethiopian incense ( Ex.: Amyris papyrifera Caill ex Delile. )
• Boswellia sacra Flueck. - Arabian incense, also Somali Frankincense ( Syn: Boswellia carteri Birdw. )
• Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr. - Indian incense ( Ex.: Boswellia glabra Roxb. ) Salaibaum, Salphalbaum

Incense plants of the genus Boswellia are distinguished from the harp shrubs ( Plectranthus ), some of which are also known as " frankincense herb" or simply " incense".

Frankincense harvest

Between late March and early April, the recovery of the frankincense resin, which lasts for several months begins. Here the trees cuts are inflicted on the trunk and branches. The first harvesting process results in only a very low-grade resin that was discarded earlier, but is marketed today. Three weeks later an acceptable quality is harvested, which is getting better and purer with the other weeks. The resin yield per tree depends on age, size and condition of the tree and is between 3 and 10 kg. After several annual crops is carried out for the tree is a perennial lull.