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Plant Resins

Plant Resins

Chemistry, Evolution,

Ecology, and

Ethnobotany

JEAN H. LANGENHEIM

Timber Press

Portland • Cambridge

. . . gum, the gum of the mountain spruce.

He showed me lumps of the scented stuff

Like uncut jewels, dull and rough.

—Robert Frost, “The Gum-Gatherer,”

from Mountain Interval, 1920

Page 1, Agathis australis, kauri; page 2, Boswellia, frankincense.

All drawings by Jesse Markman, maps by Gulla Thordarsen and Jesse Markman.

Published in 2003 by

Timber Press, Inc.

Timber Press

The Haseltine Building

2 Station Road

133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450

Swavesey

Portland, Oregon 97204, U.S.A.

Cambridge CB4 5QJ, U.K.

Printed in Hong Kong

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Langenheim, Jean H.

Plant resins : chemistry, evolution, ecology, and ethnobotany / Jean H. Langenheim.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

ISBN 0-88192-574-8

1. Gums and resins. 2. Gums and resins—Utilization. I. Title

SB289 .L36 2003

620.l'924—dc21

2002028941

Lanegnheim.J.H. - Plant Resins Chemistry Evolution Ecology Ethobotany.pdf