A 1,000-year-old seed discovered in a cave in the Judean desert has sprouted, grown and reached maturity, and appears to have medicinal qualities. Commiphora caudata leaves. This tree may be a close ...

The resin of a tree germinated from a mysterious 1,000-year-old seed found in a Judean Desert cave could be the source of the biblical tsori, a type of medicinal balm, according to newly published ...

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Scientists have resurrected a strange seed that was discovered in a cave in the Judean desert during the 1980s. According to ...

A tree species believed to have been lost to history has been successfully regrown from a 1,000-year-old seed, according to new research. A study recently published in the Communications Biology ...

The first 2,000-year-old date seedling was named Methuselah (after the longest-lived person in the Bible) and is now impressively tall at Ketura. Dr. Sarah Sallon specialized as a pediatrician in ...

The common name for the blossoming Mukul myrrh tree is "guggul" (Commiphora myrrh). It is a tiny, thorny tree that is most frequently discovered in India, in regions with desert climates like ...

Commiphora species exude a resinous oleo-gum containing a complex mixture of phytochemicals, notably monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids, diterpenoids, triterpenoids, steroids and phenolic compounds.

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Kenya (Mbeere division, Embu district): leaves and roots eaten. Root bark is peeled off; root compared to chewing sugar cane.

Nigeria (Kano State, northern): unspecified part of plant eaten. Niger: leaves eaten. Nutrient values (Niger sample): Mn = 66.15mcg/g Fe = 722.22mcg/g Cu = 14538mcg/g Mg = 2858mcg/g Cu = 2..74mcg/g Zn ...