阿比西尼亚没药树

阿比西尼亞沒藥樹（），有時稱為阿比西尼亞沒藥或葉門沒藥，是一種原產於東北非洲和阿拉伯半島的植物，產地包括吉布地，厄利垂亞，衣索比亞，贊比亞，馬拉維，阿曼和葉門等地区。 它最初由（Otto Karl Berg）在1862年在非洲北部發現並首次在文獻中描述該植物。

歷史 
沒藥（）應用歷史非常久遠，早在4000年前就是常用的香料與藥材，古埃及人用在祭祀、日常保養品及塗抹遺體，古希臘戰士則用於傷口的癒合，近代亦廣泛應用於香料、化妝品、食品與藥品產業。

特徵 
阿比西尼亞沒藥樹分佈廣泛，在干燥地區和受季风影响最严重的地区之间，且不同地區的物種外观差异很大。  It is dioecious, with bark peeling of flaking and when cut it oozes a pleasant smelling resin.  The leaves alternate or are fascicled on short condensed side shoots.  The leaves are 10-50mm long x 5-40mm across with an acute tip and glossy green colour.  The flowers are red or yellow and there are usually 1–5 on the side shoots amongst the leaves.  Male and female flowers are similar but male flowers are usually in groups whereas female flowers are usually solitary.  The fruit is ovoid, 7-9 x 4-6mm, green and red coloured and 1-seeded splitting into 2 valves.  The seed is orange or pale yellow with 4-lobed pseudo aril.

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