What is Frankincense?
[[File:Frankincense 2005-12-31.jpg|thumb|Frankincense from [[Yemen]]]]{{nosources|date=November 2023}} '''Frankincense''' is an aromatic [[resin]] used in [[incense]] and perfumes. It is obtained from trees of the genus ''[[Boswellia]]'' in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Burseraceae]]. Frankincense is tapped from the scraggly but hardy trees by striping (slashing the bark). The [[resin]] then bleeds out and hardens. The hardened streaks of resin are called tears. One of the gifts brought by the [[Three Wise Men]], along with [[myrrh]], which is pretty much the same kind of thing. [[Category:Natural materials]] {{Stub}}