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

Frankincense comes from the dried sap of Boswellia trees, while myrrh comes from the lifeblood of the Commiphora. Extracting the sap is a tenuous dance—you must injure the tree without killing it.

The resin of the myrrh tree has medicinal uses - but, sold raw, goes for just $8 ... In one of the shops, the trader brings us a sack containing brown lumps of myrrh. They look like dried fruit.

A frankincense tree (‘Boswellia sacra’) in Oman. | Mauro Raffaelli, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 Extracting the sap for frankincense and myrrh is essentially the same process: Harvesters ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Frankincense and myrrh are perhaps best known for their biblical connotations. But this tree sap has been prized across the world for over 6,000 ...

A 1,000-year-old seed has borne fruit — but scientists aren’t quite sure what it is yet. CNN. ... or a member of the myrrh family. The tree is now ten feet tall, ...

Using CT scanning, scientists have now determined they are the oldest fossils from species in the Frankincense and Myrrh family ... including the fruit of an extinct species resignedly given ...

"We treasure these trees because their resin has many ... They look like dried fruit. "A kilogram of myrrh goes for $8 (£5.40)," says the shopkeeper. Sometimes it can sell for as little as ...