#bosellia

Flowering Frankincense by Tony Via Flickr: Day 101, Port 34, Country 18; Salalah, Oman: CMV World Cruise Our next stop in Salalah was the Museum of the Land of Frankincense. Outside where a row of Frankincense trees, some in flower. Boswellia sacra is a tree in the Burseraceae family. It is the primary tree in the genus Boswellia from which frankincense, a resinous dried sap, is harvested. It is native to the Arabian Peninsula (Oman, Yemen), and northeastern Africa (Somalia).