Ferula tingitana giant Tangier Medical gum resin pharmaceuticals fennel ammoniacum from root Liquidambar American Gum from bark, liquid cosmetics, styraciflua sweetgum amber or copalm balsam. pharmaceuticals Styrax is used to make chewing gum Liquidambar Chinese Gum resin, excreted from timber formosana sweet gum the wounds of the tree, chewed like chewing gum Mammea Mammee Gum from bark 5, insecticide americana apple Myoporum Resin substituted for pitch timber platycarpum sandalwood and sealing wax Opopanax Sweet myrrh Opopanax: rare costly pharmaceuticals chironium resin, incense Parthenium Guayule Resin for glue, industrial 7, biofuel, argentatum particleboard orientalis Oriental Spruce gum food spruce Pinus caribaea Pitch pine Gum resin 5, 7, timber Styrax benzoin Sumatran benzoin resin, obtained by food, benzoin wounding tree pharmaceuticals Xanthorrhoea Grass tree Resin for varnish, lacquer, adhesive australis incense * Numbers refer to tables 1–8. Tannins Tannins are used primarily for manufacturing leather but also have applications as dyestuffs, corrosion inhibitors, to promote flow of liquids in pipes, and as pharmaceutical products. Plants containing tannins in reasonable quantities are listed in Table 5. Tannins were formerly used to manufacture inks and for producing adhesives. Table 5 Plants containing tannins Common Species name Effect Other uses Acacia dealbata Silver wattle Bark: 16–36% tannins 1, 4, 6
Ferula tingitana giant Tangier fennel Medical gum resin ammoniacum from root pharmaceuticals Liquidambar styraciflua American sweetgum Gum from bark, liquid amber or copalm balsam. Styrax is used to make chewing gum cosmetics, pharmaceuticals Liquidambar formosana Chinese sweet gum Gum resin, excreted from the wounds of the tree, chewed like chewing gum timber Mammea americana Mammee apple Gum from bark 5, insecticide Myoporum platycarpum sandalwood Resin substituted for pitch and sealing wax timber Opopanax chironium Sweet myrrh Opopanax: rare costly resin, incense pharmaceuticals Parthenium argentatum Guayule Resin for glue, industrial 7, biofuel, particleboard orientalis Oriental spruce Spruce gum food Pinus caribaea Pitch pine Gum resin 5, 7, timber Styrax benzoin Sumatran benzoin benzoin resin, obtained by wounding tree food, pharmaceuticals Xanthorrhoea australis Grass tree Resin for varnish, lacquer, incense adhesive * Numbers refer to tables 1–8. Tannins Tannins are used primarily for manufacturing leather but also have applications as dyestuffs, corrosion inhibitors, to promote flow of liquids in pipes, and as pharmaceutical products. Plants containing tannins in reasonable quantities are listed in Table 5. Tannins were formerly used to manufacture inks and for producing adhesives. Table 5 Plants containing tannins Species Common name Effect Other uses Acacia dealbata Silver wattle Bark: 16–36% tannins 1, 4, 6
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