The Yemeni island of Socotra was largely unspoiled, its few guests arriving to trade for aromatic frankincense. Now it is ...

Frankincense is the dried sap of trees in the Boswellia genus. "There are about 50 species of these trees," said Ahmed Ali, an honorary research fellow at the University of Cardiff in the U.K.

To collect frankincense, harvesters make incisions into the trunks and scrape out the oozing sap, which hardens into frankincense resin. According to DeCarlo, the trees should be cut no more than ...

In the trunk of a tree, a small cut is made, allowing the sap to drain out slowly and dry. Frankincense comes from Boswellia ...

Known to some as the “king of oils,” frankincense comes from the sap of trees in the Boswellia genus, like the Boswellia sacra tree. These trees are in Middle Eastern countries, such as Oman ...

Also called olibanum, Indian frankincense comes from the dried sap of Boswellia trees that grow in Africa, India, and the Middle East. Today, you can find it in several forms, including essential ...

The number of trees has been dwindling worldwide, so the Land of Frankincense, a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering about 2,100 acres in Oman, is under protection. Image A tree in Oman from which ...

Frankincense is harvested from the plant tissue of trees: the sap hardens and becomes a resin that can be burned. In the country, ...

This sap is then scraped away so a second sap forms, which later dries and crystallises. In previous counts, there were only 1,200 ancient perennial trees in Wadi Dawkah.

Mention frankincense, and it’s hard not to instantaneously think of Christmas. Cited in the story of the birth of Christ in the Bible’s Book of Matthew, it was one of the precious gifts ...

Mention frankincense, and it’s hard not to instantaneously think of Christmas. Cited in the story of the birth of Christ in the Bible’s Book of Matthew, it was one of the precious gifts (alongside ...