Commiphora myrrha

African myrrh · Burseraceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

BurseraceaeShrub

Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain · wikimedia_commons · source

Identity and native distribution

Family

Burseraceae

Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

AfricaTemperate Asia

Human foodMaterialsMedicinal useDocumented toxicitySocial uses

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	15.31 – 30.73	17.47 – 29.73
Temperature of the warmest month	22.91 – 44.05	25.01 – 43.45
Temperature of the coldest month	5.25 – 22.09	6.33 – 21.37
Annual precipitation	38.14 – 1596.62	43.3 – 1037.24
Precipitation seasonality	45.7 – 151.62	50.9 – 133.5

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	8.45 – 41.99	11.6 – 35.67
Clay	%	11.31 – 45.91	12.57 – 38.42
Coarse fragments	%	4.3 – 35.72	6.08 – 32.95
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.44 – 5.76	0.59 – 2.52
pH	—	5.51 – 8.3	6.47 – 8.2
Sand	%	20.91 – 60.27	29.1 – 57.67
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	2.12 – 44.24	2.9 – 25.6

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.