incense tree

Solowey named the three important incense trees during that period as frankincense, myrrh and the balm of Gilead, which was cultivated only by the Dead Sea.

They hunt incense trees, which are prized for their fragrant resin.

The commercial harvesting of incense trees ended in the territory more than a century ago.

Clytia was metamorphosed into the sun-flower, and Leucotho�, who was buried alive by her father for yielding to the solicitations of Apollo, was by her lover changed into an incense tree.

When men interfere with the incense trees it is reported: "the demons of the place flew away with doleful cries in the shape of white serpents, and the intruders died soon afterwards".