Commiphora gileadensis

Commiphora gileadensis (binomen a Carolo Christensen post Linnaeum anno 1922 statutum) est arbor resinum aromaticum balsamum vel opobalsamum producens quod ab antiquos ad unguenta et medicamenta conficienda adhibitum est. Sponte in Iemenia, Arabia Saudita et Aegypto meridiana crescit. In Israele ab antiquis iterumque ab hodiernis, in Aegyptum inferiorem a mediaevalibus introducta est.

Delineatio botanica Balsamodendron ehrenbergianum (syn. Commiphora gileadensis)

Plantae — Tracheophyta

Classis : Magnoliopsida
Ordo : Sapindales
Familia : Burseraceae
Genus : Commiphora
Species : Commiphora gileadensis
(L.) C.Christ.

Synonyma

Amyris gileadensis L.

Amyris opobalsamum L.
Balsamea gileadensis (L.) Oken
Balsamea meccanensis Gled.
Balsamea opobalsamum Baill.
Balsamodendron ehrenbergianum O.Berg
Balsamodendron gileadense (L.) Kunth ex DC.
Balsamodendron opobalsamum (L.) Kunth ex DC.
Balsamus libanotus Stackh.
Balsamus meccanensis Stackh.
Balsamus theophrasti Stackh.

Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engl.

Bibliographia

Fontes antiquiores

1591 : Prosper Alpinus, De balsamo dialogus Textus apud Internet Archive
1592 : Prosper Alpinus, De plantis Aegypti ff. 20r-24v (paginae male ordinatae)

Eruditio recentior

F. N. Hepper, J. E. Taylor, "Date palms and opobalsam in the Madaba mosaic map" in Palestine Exploration Quarterly vol. 136 (2004) pp. 35-44
David Iluz, Miri Hoffman, Nechama Gilboa-Garber, Zohar Amar, "Medicinal properties of Commiphora gileadensis" in African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology vol. 4 (2010) pp. 516-520
M. Milwright, "Balsam in the Mediaeval Mediterranean: A Case Study of Information and Commodity Exchange" in Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology vol. 14 (2001) pp. 3-23
M. Milwright, "The balsam of Matariyya: an exploration of medieval panacea" in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies" vol. 66 (2003) pp. 193-209