What is Burseceae?

Family plant Burseceae, also known as the Torchwood family, is a family of incense plants. Some of the Old World species enjoyed a long history of cultural significance as a source of fragrance, but the species of the New World also exist and often known original cultures with them. The underestimated Torchwood trees include a widely known aromatic incense and myrrr. Even today, members of the Burseceae family are considered highly valuable to their aromatic qualities. Historically they were of great cultural importance and many of them still hold them in great respect today. The species of the old world of the Burseceae family include the commphora myhrr , commonly known as myrrrh and boswellia sacra , commonly known as incense. Sil or resin of these plants can be harvested for the purpose of making aromatic oils. The production of oil red and myrrr has long been valued for use in religious ceremonies and is often mentioned in the Jewish-Christian religious texts.

Commiphora gileadensis , commonly known as Gilead balm, has long been appreciated for his smell, perhaps rather because it is relatively rare. The Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist Dioscorides wrote about the benefits of this plant, as well as the Roman doctor Galen. It is also mentioned in the Christian Bible.

Smoza Commiphora Africana , commonly known as BDellium, was once used in the ceremonial ceremonies to honor the god Mars. The Roman historian Plina believed that the Bdellium tree came from Bactria. Women of the ancient world are said to carry cases from the hardened tree sap as a form of perfume.

There are also species of Burseceae family in the new world. Many kinds of new lights can be found in the deserts of the American Southwest. They are commonly known as elephants trees in the new world and their SAP can be used to make incense and body scents. Native populations once used the sap of ivory trees for waterproof ships and repaired broken ceramics. He assumesthat oils have healing properties and have been used to disinfect wounds, treatment of contamination of lice and healing gonorrhea.

South American species of the Burseceae family, such as Bursera Simaruba or Gumbolimbo tree, also found healing use between native populations. The Mayans are assumed that they used the resin of this tree to treat fever, stomach stomach, headaches, nosebleed and burns. Perhaps they also relied heavily on the resin for the ceremonial production of incense.