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Ancient Resin Still Supports North Sumatrans

Published on 21 Nov 2000
Bogor, West Java (JP): Once described by Middle Eastern traders as the ‘frankincense of Sumatra,’ benzoin (kemenyan) from Indonesia has been sold for more than a thousand years in markets around the world.
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