Myrrh is collected from several Commiphora tree species. For example, Commiphora wightii, which is native to parts of India ...

Harvesting begins during the dry season usually in early May, ... The gift of myrrh, again in its day very valuable, it was used as in perfume, embalming oil and its taste is very bitter, ...

Myrrh is collected in a similar way from a number of Commiphora tree species. Comiphora wightii , native to parts of Pakistan and India, is critically endangered due to over-harvesting of its ...

But like other farmers in the region, their harvest of frankincense and myrrh were affected by the drought. ‘In order to produce the resin the trees need moisture during the night or rainfall for a ...

By Lorraine Kiefer I love to read and write about two very ancient herbs frankincense and myrrh. It is usually only at this time of the year that we hear about them. You may wonder why they are ...

They walk around the farm looking for resin that is ready for harvesting. They also make shallow cuts on the tree trunks and branches to stimulate the production of myrrh resin. Mr Hassan works ...

Tradition holds that the Magi brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to the infant Jesus on Jan. 6, now celebrated as Epiphany or "Little Christmas," as my babci — my grandmother — called this day.