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Official drug 

 Myrrha 



Unofficial 

 Olibanum 



PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 



Part used Botanical origin Habitat 



Gum resin Commiphora species East Africa and 



Arabia 



Gum resin Boswellia carterii East Africa and 



Arabia 



PIG. 208. Picrasma excelsa Branch. (Sayre.} 



Meliacece or Mahogany Family. Tropical trees or shrubs with 

 wood often hard, colored and odoriferous. Leaves alternate, ex- 



