EPPO Global Database

Commiphora kataf(COQER)

Overview
Code created in: 2015-11-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: COQER
  • Preferred name: Commiphora kataf
  • Authority: (Forsskål) Engler

Notes

Native to Somalia. Source of opoponax, used in perfumery.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Amyris kataf Forsskål
Commiphora erythraea (Ehrenberg) Engler

Common names
Name Language
bisabol myrrh English
opoponax English
sweet myrrh English
myrrhe douce French
opopanax Portuguese