Commiphora wightii seeds grow into the Indian myrrh or guggul — a deciduous caudiciform shrub native to the desert and dry shrubland biome of Oman, southern Pakistan and north-western to western India, making it the only Commiphora species to extend into the Indian subcontinent. This extraordinary plant has been fundamental to Ayurvedic medicine for over two thousand years, producing a resin — guggul — that has been used to treat arthritis, high cholesterol and inflammatory conditions in traditional Indian medicine, and now studied extensively for its pharmacological properties. It develops a swollen, water-storing stem with peeling aromatic bark and is fully deciduous in the dry season. Family Burseraceae.Commiphora wightii is a slow-growing but deeply significant caudiciform plant at the intersection of Indian and Arabian arid flora. Full sun, very sharp drainage and a dry winter rest are the essential cultivation requirements. Source of guggul resin — fundamental to Ayurvedic medicine for over 2,000 years Swollen caudiciform stem with peeling aromatic bark; fully deciduous in dry season Oman, S. Pakistan to NW. & W. India — the only Commiphora reaching the Indian subcontinent Named after Robert Wight, Scottish botanist and specialist in Indian flora Full sun, very sharp drainage; dry winter rest Growing Commiphora wightii from seed is a connection to one of the oldest and most important plant medicines in the world — the guggul tree, whose resin has been burned in temples, used by physicians and traded across the ancient world from the Thar Desert to the Arabian sea routes for millennia. IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
