Commiphora campestris SEEDS

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Commiphora campestris seeds grow into a deciduous caudiciform shrub or small tree native to the seasonally dry tropical biome from southern Ethiopia south to north-eastern Tanzania — an East African species of the open woodland and dry bushland. Like all Commiphora, it develops a swollen, water-storing stem or trunk with peeling bark revealing colourful underlayers, and produces an aromatic resin. The epithet campestris means 'of the plains' — reflecting the open, lowland habitats where this species grows in East Africa alongside the Acacia-Commiphora bushland communities that characterise much of the region. Family Burseraceae.Full sun, very sharp drainage and a pronounced dry rest when leafless replicate the seasonal conditions of its East African habitat. Peeling aromatic bark; swollen water-storing trunk; fully deciduous S. Ethiopia to NE. Tanzania — Acacia-Commiphora bushland biome Epithet means 'of the plains' — grows in open lowland dry bushland Several recognised varieties including var. campestris and var. heterophylla Full sun, very sharp drainage; dry leafless rest Commiphora campestris seeds give collectors access to one of the characteristic species of the East African Acacia-Commiphora bushland — a rewarding caudiciform shrub from the genus that defines the dry landscapes of Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds. Show more