A 1,000-year-old seed discovered in a cave in the Judean desert has sprouted, grown and reached maturity, and appears to have medicinal qualities. Commiphora caudata leaves. This tree may be a close ...

The resin of a tree germinated from a mysterious 1,000-year-old seed found in a Judean Desert cave could be the source of the biblical tsori, a type of medicinal balm, according to newly published ...

A tree species believed to have been lost to history has been successfully regrown from a 1,000-year-old seed, according to new research. A study recently published in the Communications Biology ...

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Scientists have grown an ancient seed from a cave in the Judaean Desert into a tree — and it could belong to a locally-extinct species with medicinal properties mentioned several times in the Bible.

The common name for the blossoming Mukul myrrh tree is "guggul" (Commiphora myrrh). It is a tiny, thorny tree that is most frequently discovered in India, in regions with desert climates like ...

The record of Commiphora pedunculata from Tanzania is shown to belong to another species. C. kilimandscharica and C. porensis, described by Engler from Tanzania, but never subsequently referred to by ...

Commiphora humbertii H. Perrier National Museum of Natural History Object Details Biogeographical Region 29 - Western Indian Ocean Collector Morgan R. Gostel Vicki A. Funk Richard Razakamalala J.

Kenya (Mbeere division, Embu district): leaves and roots eaten. Root bark is peeled off; root compared to chewing sugar cane.