The prophetic resin par excellence. For thousands of years, Myrrh has been used to revere the divine, fostering spiritual connection and meditation. Botanical Name: Commiphora Myrrha Botanical Family: Burseraceae Native Region: Kenya and Ethiopia Connection with Divinity. Prayer and Meditation. Clarity and mental focus. Myrrh, Commiphora Myrrha, has a warm earthy and woody fragrance, with light balsamic undertones. It has been used over the centuries as an ingredient in incense, perfumes, etc., in the sacred oil of the Jews and the Kyphi of Egypt for embalming and fumigating. The scientific name Commiphora probably consists of the two Greek words commi (embalming gum) and phoros (carrier). It is believed that the word myrrh comes from the Arabic murr, which means bitter. The encyclopedia of Islamic herbal medicine cites The Messenger of Allah declared: Fumigate your houses with al-shih, murr and sa’tar, where murr means Mirra.