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Bdellium

Plants

Family: Burseraceae

1 species in the Library

About

Bdellium is a semi-transparent oleo-gum resin extracted from Commiphora wightii plants, and from Commiphora africana trees growing in sub-Saharan Africa. According to Pliny the best quality came from Bactria. Other named sources for the resin are Arabia, India, Media, and Babylonia.

Summary from Wikipedia