Boswellia nana

Boswellia nana is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family endemic to the Yemeni island of Socotra. They are small trees or shrubs, sometimes so bent that they are lying nearly horizontal to the ground.
The habitat of "Boswellia nana" is arid, partly deciduous forest land on limestone escarpments, at altitudes from 300–550 m. Specimens are also known to grow on flat, paved limestone; "B. nana" is known from only in two populations, confined to an area of less than 20 km² in the northeastern part of the island.
It is possible that "Boswellia nana" is a natural hybrid between "B. socotrana" and another "Boswellia" species (though which other species is, as yet, unknown). Some evidence for this is found in a solitary "Boswellia" tree discovered growing at the bottom of limestone cliffs at Hamadero; it displays some characteristics of both "B. nana" and "B. socotrana". Furthermore, this tree is growing in an area that lies ecologically in between the habitats of both species, sharing certain qualities. However, "B. nana" was thought (by botanists Mats Thulin and Abdul Nasser Al-Gifri, in 1998) to be a smaller form of "Boswellia popoviana".