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Commiphora mulelame Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, Portugal (COI), CC BY, via GBIF · observed growing wild

Commiphora mulelame (Hiern) K.Schum.

Burseraceae

No habitat climate 6 photographs Cactus or succulent
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About 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 Africa, the western Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and South America. The genus is drought-tolerant and common throughout the xerophytic scrub, seasonally dry tropical forests, and woodlands of these regions.

Text from Wikipedia, “Commiphora”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Burseraceae
Described by
(Hiern) K.Schum.
Native to
Angola
Wild records
2 in range· 2 open

Also known as Balsamea mulelame Hiern.

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Commiphora, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.
NativeAngola
Kew's description“tree” · “desert or dry shrubland”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 2 georeferenced records inside the native range, all openly licensed and shown on the map. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species. 1 in-range record is placed to worse than 10 km and stays on the map but off the climate.

Photographs

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Photographs: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY, via GBIF (3); Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, Portugal (COI), CC BY, via GBIF (2).

Photographs: iNaturalist did not answer when this page was built; what is shown came from the sources that did.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Commiphora mulelame, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Occurrence Download
GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Commiphora mulelame: Timberlake, J.
IUCN (2019) · IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Other Commiphora 170 in the reference

Commiphora acuminata Burseraceae Commiphora africana Hairy Corkwood Commiphora alata Burseraceae Commiphora alaticaulis Burseraceae Commiphora anacardiifolia Large-Leaved Commiphora Commiphora andranovoryensis Burseraceae Commiphora angolensis Poison-grub Commiphora angustifoliolata Burseraceae Commiphora ankaranensis Burseraceae Commiphora antunesii Burseraceae Commiphora aprevalii Burseraceae Commiphora arafy Burseraceae all 171 ›

History & registers

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gbif.occurrences answeredGBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.3h4zam
climate nothing to report
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