Frankincense, the resin seeping out into a cut in the tree's bark, Dhofar Mountains, Salalah, southern Oman, Middle East

Boswellia sacra (frankincense) (olibanum) tree, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Boswellia sacra (frankincense) (olibanum-tree), Sultanate of Oman

Boswellia sacra (frankincense) (olibanum-tree), Sultanate of Oman

Dhuruba women at tribal market stall selling tree resins used for mosquito repellent, millet, and fruits to dry, Jeypore, Odisha, India, Asia

Boswellia sacra (frankincense) (olibanum-tree), Sultanate of Oman

Yacouba woman aged 18, with face covered with tree resin and red pepper to ease toothache, wearing ivory necklace, holding child, Man region, Ivory Coast, West Africa, Africa

Grinning man repairs boat, colourful Saltwhistle Bay, Mayreau, Grenadines, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Close-up of pots on tree trunk used for collecting pine resin in the Castilla Leon (Castile) area of Spain, Europe

River Bode, Bodetal, Thale, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Beech (Fagus sp.) forest in autumn, sun rays shining through trees, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Old linden tree growing on the walls of a castle ruin, roots forming a gate, Lauenburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Snowy Spruces (Picea) on the winterly snowy chunk at sunset, winter, snow, resin, mountain, Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Brockenbahn travels through snowy Spruces (Picea) to the Brocken in the evening light, Harz, Schierke, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Gebirgsbach Ilse flows through autumnally coloured deciduous forest, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Extraction of resin, Edipsos, Aedipsos, Aedipsou, Istiea-Edipsos, Euboea Island, Central Greece, Greece, Europe

Light Micrograph (LM) of the transverse section of a stem of Norway Pine (Abies Excelsa) showing the resin passages, magnification x24

Harvesting pine resin from bleeding trees, Uganda