Commiphora gileadensis
Commiphora gileadensis (binomen a Carolo Christensen post Linnaeum anno 1922 statutum) est arbor resinum aromaticum balsamum vel opobalsamum producens quod ab antiquos ad unguenta et medicamenta conficienda adhibitum est. Sponte in Iemenia, Arabia Saudita et Aegypto meridiana crescit. In Israele ab antiquis iterumque ab hodiernis, in Aegyptum inferiorem a mediaevalibus introducta est.

Bibliographia 
 Fontes antiquiores
 1591 : Prosper Alpinus, De balsamo dialogus Textus apud Internet Archive
 1592 : 

 Eruditio recentior
 F. N. Hepper, J. E. Taylor, "Date palms and opobalsam in the Madaba mosaic map" in Palestine Exploration Quarterly vol. 136 (2004) pp. 35-44
 David Iluz, Miri Hoffman, Nechama Gilboa-Garber, Zohar Amar, "Medicinal properties of Commiphora gileadensis" in African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology vol. 4 (2010) pp. 516-520
 M. Milwright, "Balsam in the Mediaeval Mediterranean: A Case Study of Information and Commodity Exchange" in Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology vol. 14 (2001) pp. 3-23
 M. Milwright, "The balsam of Matariyya: an exploration of medieval panacea" in ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies" vol. 66 (2003) pp. 193-209

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