Research Results For 'Ladanum'

CISTACEAE

Cistaceae is a natural order of polypetalous exogens, consisting of low shrubby plants or herbs with entire leaves and crumpled, generally ephemeral, showy flowers. Some exude a balsamic resin, such as ladanum from a Levant species of Cistus. Four species of the genus Helianthemum are found in Britain, and are popularly known as the 'rock-rose.'
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LADANUM

Ladanum (labdanum) is a gum resin extracted from plants of the genus Cistus and used in perfume.
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