However, frankincense and myrrh are now under threat. The tree that produces frankincense, Boswellia sacra, is listed as ...

Myrrh is a resin derived from the sap of trees in the Commiphora plant family. It has anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, anti ...

Frankincense, like myrrh, was highly prized—thought to be worth its weight in gold—but it wouldn’t have been hard to find: Trees that yield the fragrant resin were widespread in the lands of ...

But the tree, related to the myrrh tree known for its resin, never produced any scent. When the plant was 3 years old, a phytochemical analysis was conducted on its resin, ...

The tree is now ten feet tall, but has yet to reveal it complete lineage. CNN Myrrh is mostly known in the modern era as a player in the biblical account of the three wise men paying tribute at ...

The first to go are the myrrh trees, which are uprooted when the diggers clear the land for surface mining. "Frankincense trees last a bit longer as they grow on rocks and are destroyed once the ...

By the stone’s account, the reign of King Sahure around 2450 BCE saw a very profitable expedition to Punt: around 80,000 measures of myrrh, 6,000 measures of electrum, and equally as much timber ...

The mukul myrrh tree ( Commiphora mukul), a native of India, secretes the substance guggul (also known as guggulu or guggulipid) when its bark is injured. Guggul has been used in Ayurvedic ...

Frankincense is a milk-white resin extracted from Boswellia trees and myrrh is a reddish resin from the Commiphora myrrh tree. The Three Kings, known as the ‘Magi’, were called Melchior ...

Socotra pomegranates, frankincense, various aloes, giant succulent trees, dragon's blood trees, cucumber trees, and myrrh trees are some popular plants on the island, as per AZ Animals.