Commiphora pedunculata Engl.

Shrub or small tree up to 5 m. tall, sometimes spiny; bark papery; young branches densely pubescent; exudate producing a gum-resin.. Leaves olive-green when dry, pubescent or hispidulous, up to 26 cm. long, including a petiole up to 7 cm. and a terminal leaflet which may be up to 8 cm. long and 3 cm. wide and is cuneate at the base; lateral leaflets (2–)4–10(–14), but not more than 8 south of the equator, elliptic-oblong, up to 5 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, serrate, rounded or acute apically, rounded or subcordate basally on petiolules 1–2 mm. long, chief lateral veins 6–8 mm. on each side, vein network very prominent beneath, less so above.. Flowers in dense, subglobose, hispid clusters on peduncles up to 5 cm. long in the ♂ and 4 cm. in the ♀; bracts linear-lanceolate, up to 6 mm. long; pedicels 1–2 mm. long.. Receptacle and calyx densely pubescent, the former a cup 0.8 mm. deep, enclosing 4 hispidulous disc lobes; calyx-tube 1.2 mm., the oval lobes 1 mm. long.. Petals densely appressed-pilose outside, up to 6 mm. long and 1.3 mm. wide.. Filaments 3 and 2 mm., anthers 0.8 and 0.7 mm. long.. Fruits ellipsoid, single or in clusters on peduncles 15–40 mm. and pedicels 1–2 mm. long, pubescent, very shortly and broadly beaked, 10–12 × 8–9 × (1 + 4.5) mm.; pericarp 2-valved, fleshy; pseudaril of 4 rather wavy-margined linear arms, the sutural arms as long as the stone, the facial a little shorter; stone lumpy-rugose with gently convex faces, 7 × 7 × (0.7 + 3.5) mm.. Fig. 13/3, 4.

A tropical plant. It grows in the Savannah in West Africa. It can tolerate frost. It grows between 125-600 m above sea level. It grows in areas with a rainfall under 800 mm per year. It can grow in arid places.

Can be grown by seedlings.