Frankincense Bonsai
I ve grown my frankincense for a few years now in a square container just shy of 1 cubic foot.
Frankincense bonsai. The trees look gnarled and knotty like a desert bonsai. Stems grow in fits and starts. The plant is native to much of india and the punjab region that extends into pakistan. Most frankincense comes from about five species of boswellia trees found in north africa and india but also in oman yemen and western africa.
Boswellia sacra seeds frankincense tree seeds olibanum tree seeds 2019 collection boswellia sacra also known as frankincense is a tree species of the family burseraceae. New leaves begin lime green deepening to an oak leaf green as they reach full size. The trees look gnarled and knotty like a desert. Where the stems pause the foliage appears tufted.
To collect frankincense harvesters make incisions into the trunks and scrape out the oozing sap which hardens into frankincense resin. It has a thick trunk and roots what few i can see for such a sparse squat shrub. Most frankincense comes from about five species of boswellia trees found in north africa and india but also in oman yemen and western africa. Another common name for boswellia sacra is olibanum tree.