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the plants do not contain a poison; they contain a potent allergen. The resins of certain species native to Japan, China and other Asian countries, such...

a 20–30 mm wing; as in Abies, the seeds have 2–3 resin blisters, containing an unpleasant-tasting resin, thought to be a defence against squirrel predation...

spathulata - New Guinea Kauri (New Guinea) Various species of kauri give diverse resins such as kauri copal and Manilla copal, as well as timber, which is straight-grained...

a species of tree native to Indonesia which is a main source of benzoin resin. It is a common member of the forests of Sumatra, where it grows to about...

very narrow conic crown. The bark on young trees is smooth, gray, and with resin blisters, becoming rough and fissured or scaly on old treeswp. The leaves...

known as gum resins. Many compound resins have distinct and characteristic odors, from their admixture with essential oils. Certain resins are obtained...

all other herbs in her chambers. Currie, Penni, Magical Herbs, Roots and Resins, unpublished pp213 Pitts, M. (2006). Meadowsweet flowers in prehistoric...

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surface of the leaves lack stomata, except in T. mertensiana. They have one resin canal that is present beneath the single vascular bundle. The pollen cones...

a narrow conic crown. The bark on young trees is smooth, grey, and with resin blisters, becoming red-brown, rough and fissured on old trees. The leaves...

The seed is surrounded by a double shell containing a caustic phenolic resin, urushiol, a potent skin irritant toxin (also found in the related poison-ivy)...

slender, spire-like form. The bark is reddish-brown with wrinkles, lines and resin vesicles ('blisters'). The branches are downswept. The needle-like leaves...

Derris) or yield important substances like gum arabic, tannin, dyes, or resins. Some plants of this family are important pests. For example, Pueraria lobata...

Balm of Gilead is a healing compound (a balm) made from the resinous gum of the North American tree species Populus candicans. It takes its name from the...

7 m, smaller and sometimes shrubby at tree line. The bark is smooth with resin blisters and grey-brown in colour. The leaves are needle-like, flattened...

alkaloids and other compounds, some very poisonous, together with many kinds of resins, produced in the foliage, roots or seeds, form the basis of their economic...

treat wounds. The resin is tapped from the trunk of the tree through incisions into the bark and collected when dry. The colour of the resin is light to reddish...

angle of about 20° above horizontal. The bark is scaly grey-brown, with resin blisters on young trees. The shoots are grooved, buff to grey-brown, glabrous...

Balsam poplars Populus Balsam pear Momordica charantia Myroxylon and its resin (Tolu balsam or Balsam of Peru) Croton flavens, L. Impatiens noli-tangere...

chew"). A hard, brittle, transparent resin, also known as mastic (or mastix), is obtained from the tree. The resin is collected by bleeding from small cuts...