Commiphora mollis (Oliv.) Engl.

mollis: soft

Small to medium-sized unarmed tree. Bark grey to brown, smooth or flaking in rather thick discs; watery to milky sap present; older trees often fluted. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate with 2-6 pairs leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets elliptic, up to 6 × 3 cm, lower pairs often smaller, greyish-green, shortly hairy, paler and more densely hairy below; margin entire. Flowers in small axillary clusters, yellowish to pinkish, appearing before or with the new leaves. Fruit almost round, c. 1 cm in diameter, red when ripe, densely hairy, splitting to reveal a black seed with a 4-lobed bright red pseudo-aril.

Angola, Botswana, DRC, Namibia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa.

Die fluweelkanniedood (Commiphora mollis) is 'n boom wat op klipperige plekke in warm droë bosveld vanaf die noorde van Eswatini tot by Kimberley en noordwaarts deur Zimbabwe tot by die Zambezirivier voorkom. Die boom kom ook in die Kaokoland voor. Die bas is silwerkleurig tot ligbruin en skilfer in klein vlokkies af.

Commiphora mollis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Burseraceae. Loài này được (Oliv.) Engl. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1883.