COMMIPHORA CAPENSIS

This member of the Burseraceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler inn 1883. It is found in the northern-western and southern South Africa and Namibia, growing in cracks of the limestone. The stem can grow to 15 centimetres in diameter, the whole bush can reach from 80 to 400 centimetres. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The genera name from Greek kommi; 'gum' and Greek - phoros; 'carrying' for the balsam-like scented resin. The species name means 'from the cape'. The fruit and the exposed seed.