Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl. Commiphora rostrata Engl. Commiphora schimperi (O. Bern.) Engl. BURSERACEAE Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, and Grace N. Njoroge Synonyms Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl.: Commiphora cakiicola Engl.; Commiphora pilosa Engl.; Heudelotia africana A. Rich. Commiphora rostrata Engl.: Commiphora reflexa Chiov.; Commiphora robecchii Engl.; Commiphora rostrata var. reflexa (Chiov.) J. B. Gillett Commiphora schimperi (O. Bern.) Engl.: Commiphora betschuanica Engl. Local Names Commiphora africana: Kikuyu: Mukungugu; Swahili: Mbambara; Borana: Hames, Amess; Gabbra: Hammeesa; Kamba: Mutungu, Kitungu; Luo: Arupien, Arupiny; Marakwet: Chotwa; Oromo: Komper; Samburu: Icheni-Nzito, Lecheningiro; Somali: Dabba’Un’Un, Hammes sagara; Taita: Mwagari; Turkana: Ekadeli; Swahili: Mbambara, Kkorogo; Rangi: Mpome; Sumbua: Msangacha; Giriama: Tola (Beentje 1994; Gachati 1989; Kokwaro 2009) R. W. Bussmann (*) Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia e-mail: rainer.bussmann@iliauni.edu.ge N. Y. Paniagua-Zambrana Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia G. N. Njoroge Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 R. W. Bussmann (ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa, Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_48 331