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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?
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Record: Submission #211
Boswellia spp.
Frankincense, Oilbanum
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda
Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Fragrance manufacturing chiefly for incense and perfumery
Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Yes, considered unsustainable
2019
2 years 2 months ago
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