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Accroides, Congo, damer, boea, elemi, kauri, mastic and other commercially valuable resins are exudations ot a variety of trees and shrubs in many parts of the world. Their industrial applications range from adhesives and incense through inks and oilcloth to textile sizing and wax compositions.
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This article is abstracted from and contains excerpts of sections in “ The Technology of Natural Resins”, 506 pages, by C. L. Mantell, W. Kopf, J. L. Curtis and E. M. Rogers, published by John Wiley & Sons, 1942, supplemented with considerable botanical information and a few excerpts from “ Vegetable Gums and Resins ”, 188 pages, by F. N. Howes, published by Chronica Botanica Company, 1949. These two excellent volumes supplement one another and in company with “ The Water-Soluble Gums ”, 279 pages, by C. L. Mantell, published by Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1947, provide a very fine coverage of gums and resins. [Ed.]
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Mantell, C.L. The natural hard resins—their botany, sources and utilization. Econ Bot 4, 203–242 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859481
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