Flowers and aromatic plants that are burned or used alongside incense in devotional practice, valued for fragrance and for associations with a deity, a season or a rite. They differ from resins and woods in being the leaf, flower or oil of a plant. Cultures use them as dried leaves, flower buds, oils and blends, and in some rites they are scattered on a fire as an offering. Members placed here so far include Rose, Spikenard, Saffron.
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Rose (Wikipedia)
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A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears.
Spikenard (Wikipedia)
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Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family which grows in the Himalayas of Nepal, China, and India.
Saffron (Wikipedia)
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Saffron ( SAF-rən, -ron; Persian: زعفران, romanized: zafarān) is a spice derived from the sterile autumn-blooming flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus".
Tobacco (Wikipedia)
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Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants.
Dolomiaea costus (Wikipedia)
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Dolomiaea costus, formerly known as Saussurea costus, commonly known as costus, Indian costus, kuth, or putchuk, is a species of thistle in the genus Dolomiaea native to South Asia and China.
Acorus calamus (Wikipedia)
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Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant.
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