Indonesia: Styrax Benzoin or 'Gum Benjamin', the resin of which is used in making some varieties of incense. Illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1897. Styrax benzoin, or the benzoin resin tree, is a species of tree native to Sumatra in Indonesia. Common names for the tree include gum benjamin tree, loban (in Arabic), kemenyan (in Indonesia and Malaysia), onycha, and Sumatra benzoin tree. Benzoin resin, a dried exudation from pierced bark, is currently produced from various Styrax species native to Sumatra, Java and Thailand.

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