Icica Heptaphylla
The incense tree of Guiana, a tall-growing tree, furnishing wood of great durability. It is called cedar wood on account of its fragrant odor. The balsam from the trunk is highly odoriferous, and used...
The incense tree of Guiana, a tall-growing
tree, furnishing wood of great durability. It is called cedar wood
on account of its fragrant odor. The balsam from the trunk is
highly odoriferous, and used in perfumery, and is known as balsam
of acouchi; it is used in medicine. The balsam and branches are
burned as incense in churches.
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