Rainforest Aged Elemi, (Brea Blanca in Spanish)(Canarium luzonicum) -


Aged elemi is not a commonly available resin.
This is the sole source of commercial elemi sold in the Philippines, though there are many other species of elemi throughout Southeast Asia including the Philippines.
This resin has traditionally been used as a rubifacient and anti-rheumatic, and applied heated on the chest for lung problems. Most of today's commercial supply is used by the fragrance industry, with most going to France.
Manila elemi burns with a pleasant resinous odor with significant smoke when used for incense. Sometimes, called poor man's frankincense, this resin is in the large family, Burseraceae, that includes the incense producing plants copal oro, myrrh, frankincense and others The plant is Red listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources as Vulnerable. However our elemi is collected off the ground and poses no danger to the tree's health. Aged elemi is generally only available where collection has not been carried out on a regular basis.

This resin is very easy to work with and powders well for making cone or stick incense. Dark and sweet...

This price is for 1 pound.

John and Maria Yagar and the folks of the Rainforest Resin project 2009