DESCRIPTION
Product: Damar Resin
Latin Name: Canarium strictum
Plant Family: Burseraceae
Other Names: Dammar Resin, Damer, Dammer, Dhup Tree, Dhoopam , Pantham, Gatu, Batu, Nallarojanamu, Dhoopavriksha, Raaladhoopa, Mandadhoopa & Indian Copal
Description: Our High Quality Damar Resin is not treated by heat and is in its natural state and comes from an evergreen tree native to tropical Africa, southern Asia, and Australia, from southern Nigeria east to Madagascar, Mauritius, India, southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines, which reaches a height of 40-50 metres. The leaves are compound, alternate, and oddly-pinnate, 22-36cm in length with 3-9 ovate leaflet pairs with one leaflet at the apex, leaflets are 2.5-7cm in length and dark green on the upper surface, paler green below, edges lightly serrated. The inflorescence form axillary panicles, flowers, bright yellow in colour and 5-6mm in diameter.
SUGGESTED USE
Use the resin on its own as incense, it blends well with other herbs and resins. The resin is used in the food industry as a glazing agent and is used by painters to make a varnish for protecting paintings before and after the painting has been completed, the resin was commonly mixed with turpentine. The resin is used by the pharmaceutical industry as a substitute for burgundy pitch.
SHELF LIFE
Shelf life of two years provided that goods are stored in an airtight container in ambient conditions.
