Vateria Indica
This plant yields a useful gum resin, called
Indian copal, piney varnish, white dammar, or gum anine. The resin
is procured by cutting a notch in the tree, so that the juice may
flow out and become hardened. It is used as a
varnish for
pictures, carriages, etc. On the Malabar coast it is manufactured
into candles, which burn with a clear light and an agreeable
fragrance. The Portuguese employ this resin instead of incense.
Ornaments are fashioned from it under the name of amber. It is
also employed in medicine.
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