Description

Botanical name: Boswellia cateri

Orgin: Africa

Frankincense tears consist of the resin obtained from Boswellia carter, a species of tree native to Arabia, India and northern Africa. It takes between 8 and 10 years for these small, thorny, shrub-like trees to mature before the milky resin can be hand-harvested.

Frankincense granules are highly aromatic and are typically burned over smoldering charcoal bricks as incense.