Commiphora schimperi, also known as glossy-leaved corkwood, is a tree species in the genus Commiphora. It is native eastern and southern Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, from Sudan and Yemen in the north to Botswana and northern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces) in the south.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Glossy Corkwood being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Commiphora africana
- Commiphora neglecta
- Commiphora glandulosa
- Searsia tripartita
- Commiphora tenuipetiolata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Genus
- Commiphora
- Species
- Commiphora schimperi
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