''Commiphora angolensis'', also known as sand commiphora or sand corkwood, is a shrub species in the genus ''
Commiphora
''Commiphora'' is the most species-rich genus of flowering plants in the frankincense and myrrh family, Burseraceae. The genus contains approximately 190 species of shrubs and trees, which are distributed throughout the (sub-) tropical regions of A ...
'' growing mainly in
Angola
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and
Namibia
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.
The adults and larvae of ''
Diamphidia nigroornata'' feed on ''C. angolensis''.
The bark of ''C. angolensis'' contains condensed tannins and the anthocyanin
petunidin-3-rhamnoglucoside.
[Chemical study of bark from ''Commiphora angolensis'' Engl. Cardoso Do Vale, J., Bol Escola Farm Univ Coimbra Edicao Cient, 1962, volume 3, page 128]
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See also
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List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes
References
External links
Flora of ZimbabweKew gardenjstorTree Atlas of NamibiaVille de Geneve - CJB - Base de données des plantes d'Afrique (French)
angolensis
Flora of South Tropical Africa
Flora of Southern Africa
Plants described in 1883
Taxa named by Adolf Engler
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