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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 6 to 26 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Yellowish-white
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Near Threatened
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Common names
  • Arabian Frankincense

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Location: Glendale, AZ
Date: 2019-04-16
Boswellia Sacra
Location: Glendale
Date: 2018-10-06
Boswellia Sacra Sapling (Grown from Cutting)
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Socotra Island
Photo courtesy of: Rod Waddington
Location: Socotra Island in the foreground, and next to the Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum
Photo courtesy of: Rod Waddington
Location: Frankincense in Somalia
Photo courtesy of: snotch

Date: 2009-05-14
Photo courtesy of: Mauro Raffaelli
Location: Frankincense
Photo courtesy of: Mauro Raffaelli

Date: 2008-11-05
Photo courtesy of: Ben Norvell
Location: My back Yard
Date: May 26, 2013 11:00am
Boswellia sacra plant

Photo courtesy of: Mauro Raffaelli

Photo courtesy of: Mauro Raffaelli

Photo courtesy of: Mauro Raffaelli

Date: 2008-03-01
Photo courtesy of: Scott Zona

photo credit: Scott Zona
Plant Events from our members
RobGlen On October 6, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
New growth on all plants. Fertilized every two weeks with Grow More Cactus Juice. Plants will go dormant in a month.
RobGlen On September 12, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
Cutting planted in the ground is flushing out new leaves.
RobGlen On August 25, 2018 Obtained plant
Obtained a rooted cutting from Enlightment Garden. All seedlings died. 4% germination rate. Last seedling was destroyed by wildlife.
RobGlen On August 11, 2018 Seeds germinated
First seedling emerged
RobGlen On July 28, 2018 Seeds sown
Seeds obtained from Miniatree in Arizona.
RobGlen On July 23, 2018 Obtained plant
Ordered Seeds
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