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Resins (Incense)

Aromatic tree resins and gum-resins, among them frankincense, myrrh and copal, that release fragrant smoke when burned. They are among the oldest incense materials, traded across the ancient world and offered in temples, churches and household shrines. Because the best grades were costly, trade in them shaped caravan routes and the economies of the places where the trees grew, and temple inventories often record their weight. Members placed here so far include Frankincense, Myrrh, Copal, Dragon's Blood, Dammar, Labdanum.

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Frankincense (Wikipedia)
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Frankincense, also known as olibanum (), is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfume, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia in the family Burseraceae.
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Myrrh (Wikipedia)
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Myrrh (, MUR; from an unidentified ancient Semitic language, مر; from Arabic, מוֹר /mor/; from Hebrew, see § Etymology) is a gum-resin extracted from a few small, thorny tree species of the Commiphora genus, belonging to the Burseraceae family.
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Copal (Wikipedia)
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Copal is a tree resin, particularly the aromatic resins from the copal tree Protium copal (Burseraceae) used by the cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica as ceremonially burned incense and for other purposes.
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Dragon's blood (Wikipedia)
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Dragon's blood is a bright red resin that is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: Calamus spp. (previously Daemonorops) also including Calamus rotang, Croton, Dracaena and Pterocarpus.
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Dammar gum (Wikipedia)
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Dammar gum, also called damar gum, dammar resin, or just dammar, is a resin obtained from the tree family Dipterocarpaceae in India and Southeast Asia, principally those of the genera Shorea or Hopea (synonym Balanocarpus).
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Labdanum (Wikipedia)
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Labdanum, also called ladanum, ladan, or ladanon, is a sticky brown resin obtained from the shrubs Cistus ladanifer ('gum rockrose', western Mediterranean) and Cistus creticus ('pink rockrose', eastern Mediterranean), species of rock rose.
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Benzoin resin (Wikipedia)
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Benzoin resin or benzoin, or benjamin (corrupted pronunciation) is a balsamic resin obtained from the bark of several species of trees in the genus Styrax.
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Mastic (plant resin) (Wikipedia)
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Mastic (Greek: Μαστίχα) is a resin obtained from the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus).
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Commiphora wightii (Wikipedia)
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Commiphora wightii, with common names Indian bdellium-tree, gugal, guggal, guggul, gugul, or mukul myrrh tree, is a flowering plant in the family Burseraceae, which produces a fragrant resin called gugal, guggul or gugul, that is used in incense and vedic medicine (or ayurveda).
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