Boswellia dalzielii Hutch.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Boswellia

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 4-13 m tall. The bark is pale and papery. The flowers are white and have a scent. The petals can have red veins. The plant flowers before the leaves develop.
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Flowers white, fragrant, the petals sometimes red-veined, flowering before the leaves.
A savannah tree, to 12–40 ft. high
Pale papery bark
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.83 - 12.6
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Environment

Locally abundant in wooded savannah, sometimes in large more or less pure stands with Anogeissus leiocarpus; also scattered in granitic hills, usually in dry, more or less shallow soils.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in the savannah.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison social use
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Boswellia dalzielii world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Chad, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:127040-1
WFO ID wfo-0000569696
COL ID MMMM
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Synonyms

Boswellia dalzielii