Boswellia Thurifera
This Coromandel tree furnishes the resin known as olibanum, which is supposed to have been the frankincense of the ancients. It is sometimes used in medicine as an astringent and stimulant, and is emp...
This Coromandel tree furnishes the resin
known as olibanum, which is supposed to have been the frankincense
of the ancients. It is sometimes used in medicine as an astringent
and stimulant, and is employed, because of its grateful perfume,
as an incense in churches.
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