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Labdanum, goats and the pharaoh’s beard

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Labdanum, a sticky resin produced by the Mediterranean rock rose, has been used for thousands of years in herbal medicine and as a perfume ingredient. In ancient times, shepherds scraped labdanum resin from the fur of goats that grazed among rock rose shrubs and sold it to traders with markets in Egypt, Greece and Turkey,... »

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