Commiphora sinuata seeds grow into a deciduous caudiciform shrub endemic to the desert and dry shrubland biome of south-western Madagascar — one of the island's many Commiphora species from the legendary spiny desert, found nowhere else on earth. The epithet sinuata means 'sinuous' or 'with wavy margins', referring to the wavy, sinuous character of the leaf margins that distinguishes this species within the diverse Malagasy Commiphora flora. Like all members of the genus, it develops a swollen stem with peeling aromatic bark and is fully deciduous in the dry season. Family Burseraceae.Full sun, very sharp drainage and a warm, dry leafless rest replicate the extreme conditions of its south-western Malagasy habitat. Sinuous, wavy-margined leaves — the distinctive character behind 'sinuata' Swollen stem with peeling aromatic bark; fully deciduous in dry season SW. Madagascar — desert and dry shrubland biome; endemic Botanically distinctive leaf margin character within the Malagasy Commiphora flora Full sun, very sharp drainage; warm dry leafless rest Commiphora sinuata is a botanically distinctive Malagasy endemic — its wavy-leaved character makes it immediately recognisable within the extraordinary diversity of Commiphora in south-western Madagascar's spiny desert flora. IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
