''Commiphora angolensis'', also known as sand commiphora or sand corkwood, is a shrub species in the genus ''
Commiphora
The genus of the myrrhs, ''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 ...
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Angola
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Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
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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
This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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References
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Flora of ZimbabweKew gardenjstorTree Atlas of NamibiaVille de Geneve - CJB - Base de données des plantes d'Afrique (French)
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Flora of South Tropical Africa
Flora of Southern Africa
Plants described in 1883
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