International Livestock Research Institute
0
Cart
Welcome!
GRIN-Global
ILRI Forage Genebank
Version: 2.1.0.0
Accessions
Descriptors
Reports
GRIN Taxonomy
Simple Query of Species Data
Advanced Query of Species Data
Query Families and Genera
Crop Wild Relative Data
Nodulation Data
World Economic Plants
About GRIN Taxonomy
GRIN
USDA Genetic Resource Collections
About GRIN-Global
Use of Cookies
NPGS Distribution Policy
Help
Contact Us
Your Profile
Your Profile
Your Order History
Your Address Book
Your Wish List
Taxon:
Commiphora wightii
(Arn.) Bhandari
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Commiphora
Family:
Burseraceae
Nomen number:
406462
Place of publication:
Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6:327. 1964
Verified:
11/27/2001
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Balsamodendrum wightii
Arn.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Balsamodendrum mukul
Hook. ex Stocks
Commiphora mukul
(Hook. ex Stocks) Engl.
No images
Reference(s)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials.
Desmarchelier, C.
2010. Neotropics and natural ingredients for pharmaceuticals: why isn?t South American biodiversity on the crest of the wave? Phytotherapy Res. 24:792.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of India.
Common names
English
Indian bdellium-tree –
Reference(s)
India
guggul –
Reference(s)
gugul –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Gujarat
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Karnataka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Madhya Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Rajasthan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
Sind
Native
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
[Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka],
Pakistan
[Sind]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
source of guggulsterone
fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2, as
Commiphora mukul
; Wealth India RM 2:313. 1950, as
Commiphora mukul
; Phytother Res 24:792. 2010
Desmarchelier, C.
2010. Neotropics and natural ingredients for pharmaceuticals: why isn?t South American biodiversity on the crest of the wave? Phytotherapy Res. 24:792.
Name
References