Commiphora kataf

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|genus=Commiphora

|species=kataf

|authority=(Forssk.) Engl.

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• Amyris kataf {{small|Forssk.}}
• Balsamea erythraea {{small|(Ehrenb.) Engl.}}
• Balsamea kataf {{small|(Forssk.) Engl.}}
• Balsamodendrum kataf {{small|(Forssk.) Kunth ex DC.}}
• Balsamophloeos kataf {{small|(Forssk.) O.Berg}}
• Commiphora allophylla {{small|Sprague}}
• Commiphora erythraea {{small|(Ehrenb.) Engl.}}
• Commiphora holtziana {{small|Engl.}}
• Commiphora holtziana subsp. microphylla {{small|J.B.Gillett}}
• Commiphora kataf subsp. turkanensis {{small|J.B.Gillett}}
• Commiphora somalensis {{small|Engl.}}
• Hemprichia erythraea {{small|Ehrenb.}}

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Commiphora kataf is a species of flowering plant in the family Burseraceae, native to northeastern and eastern tropical Africa, and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula.{{cite POWO |id=127698-1 |title=Commiphora kataf (Forssk.) Engl. |access-date=10 December 2022 }} A relative of myrrh, local peoples plant this shrubby tree as a resinous hedge that repels wildlife.{{cite journal |last1=Tesfaye Tole |first1=Tegene |last2=Teferra Saifu |first2=Yeshi |date=2019 |title=Phytochemical investigation of Withania somnifera and Commiphora kataf |url=https://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2019/vol8issue3/PartAP/8-2-272-564.pdf |journal=Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=2958–2964 |access-date=10 December 2022 }}