Commiphora angolensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Commiphora_angolensis_-_dans_la_Forêt_Pétrifiée_du_Damaraland.jpg

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2020 |title= Commiphora angolensis |volume=2020 |page= e.T146459476A146459478 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T146459476A146459478.en |access-date=31 May 2023}}

| genus = Commiphora

| species = angolensis

| authority = Engl., Monogr Phan 4: 24 (1883)

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|Balsamea angolensis|Hiern

|Balsamea longebracteata|(Engl.) Hiern

|Commiphora gossweileri|Engl.

|Commiphora kwebensis|N. E. Br.

|Commiphora longebracteata|Engl.

|Commiphora nigrescens|Engl.

|Commiphora olivieri|Engl.

|Commiphora rehmanniana|Engl.

|Commiphora rehmannii|Engl.}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web

|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2733403

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|accessdate=June 6, 2014}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/XG2Q |title= Commiphora angolensis Engl. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=May 31, 2022}}

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Commiphora angolensis, also known as sand commiphora or sand corkwood, is a shrub species in the genus Commiphora growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.

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 ([http://eurekamag.com/research/024/318/chemical-study-bark-commiphora-angolensis-engl.php abstract])