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Opopanax ("the juice of all-heal") can refer to:


Plants

* '' Opopanax'', a genus in the family Apiaceae * ''
Vachellia farnesiana ''Vachellia farnesiana'', also known as ''Acacia farnesiana'', and previously ''Mimosa farnesiana'', commonly known as sweet acacia, huisache, or needle bush, is a species of shrub or small tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its flowers are use ...
'', a species in the family Fabaceae


Gum resins

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Perfumery's opopanax Opopanax is the commercial name of ''bisabol'' or ''bissabol'', the fragrant oleo- gum-resin of '' Commiphora guidottii''. It has been a major export article from Somalia since ancient times, and is called ''hebbakhade'', ''habaghadi'' or ''habak ...
, the oleo-gum-resin of ''Commiphora guidottii'' ** The oleo-gum-resin of ''
Commiphora kataf ''Commiphora kataf'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Burseraceae, native to northeastern and eastern tropical Africa, and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. A relative of myrrh Myrrh (; from Semitic, but see '' ยง Etymol ...
'' (syn. ''C. holtziana'', ''C. erythraea''), sometimes sold under the name of opoponax *
True opopanax ''Opopanax'' is a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae. Species Opopanax include four species: *''Opopanax chironium'' (L.) W.D.J.Koch *''Opopanax hispidus'' (Friv.) Griseb. *'' Opopanax persicus'' Boiss. *'' Opopanax siifolius'' (Boiss. & ...
, the gum resin of ''Opopanax chironium'' or other ''Opopanax'' species


Literature

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L'Opoponax ''The Opoponax'' (french: L'Opoponax, link=no) is a 1964 novel by French writer Monique Wittig. It was translated into English in 1966 by Helen Weaver, and published in the US by Simon & Schuster.