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Boswellia

Boswellia \Boswellia\ n. a genus of incense-yielding trees of North Africa and India.

Syn: genus Boswellia.

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Boswellia

Boswellia is a genus of trees in the order Sapindales, known for their fragrant resin which has many pharmacological uses, particularly as anti-inflammatories. The Biblical incense frankincense was an extract from the resin of the tree Boswellia sacra, and is now produced also from B. frereana.

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Frankincense comes from the Boswellia tree, which grows in the highlands of northeastern Somalia.