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  • Cistus ladanifer L., Cistaceae. Common Gum Cistus or Ladanum/labdanum. Distribution: Southern Europe and N. Africa. The fragrant resin from the sticky leaves, Gum Labdanum, is extracted and used in Mediterranean regions as an insecticide and deodorant ((Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). Lyte (1578) advises local application to prevent hair loss and cure earache
  • Rosins, synthetic resins and related products : compatability and solubility chart / Hercules Powder Company.
  • Rosins, synthetic resins and related products : compatability and solubility chart / Hercules Powder Company.
  • Rosins, synthetic resins and related products : compatability and solubility chart / Hercules Powder Company.
  • Rosins, synthetic resins and related products : compatability and solubility chart / Hercules Powder Company.
  • Synthetic resins : typical properties chart / Hercules Powder Company.
  • Synthetic resins : typical properties chart / Hercules Powder Company.
  • Synthetic resins : typical properties chart / Hercules Powder Company.
  • Synthetic resins : typical properties chart / Hercules Powder Company.
  • Hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale L.): inflorescence, leaf, stem base, fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Scammony (Convolvulus scammonia L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Indian Copal (Vateria indica L.): branch with flowers, leaves and fruit and dissected fruit showing seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Mattipaul (Ailanthus malabarica DC.): branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • East Indian or Malabar Kino (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.): branch with flowers, separate shoot bearing flowers and fruit and sections of flowers. Coloured line engraving.
  • Blue gum or fever tree (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Engraving by C. Dien, c.1798, after P. J. Redouté.
  • Bastard Teak or Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze): leaf cluster, inflorescence and dissected flower. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cashew nut or acajou (Anacardium occidentale L.): flowering and fruiting branch with separate sectioned flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • An old dragon tree (Dracaena draco) with a gash in its stem releasing its "dragon's blood" resin and a door in its trunk. Aquatint with etching by R. G. Reeve after J. J. Williams, c.1819.
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Eucalyptus)
  • Gum cistus (Cistus ladanifer L.) and bastard indigo (Amorpha fruticosa L.): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.