Commiphora gileadensis

(Redirectum de Balsamum)

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)

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

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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

Nexus externi

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  Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Commiphora gileadensis spectant.
  Vide "Commiphora gileadensis" apud Vicispecies.
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