... BOSWELLIA THURIFERA.—This Coromandel tree furnishes the resin known as olibanum, which is supposed to have been the frankincense of the ancients. It is sometimes used in medicine as an astringent and stimulant, and is employed, because of its grateful perfume, as an ... — Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders