Aromatic Sumatera gum benzoin

I am a farmer of gum benzoin in North Sumatera - Indonesia. Since 2010 I have tried to offer our product of gum benzoin to international buyers in the world. If there is an inquiry from buyers I will collect the stock from farmers colleagues in my village area.

Our gum benzoin resin is very good as it is collected from young trees of 20 to 25 years of age. Most of gum benzoin trees in my area already very old of even 70 to 100 years. Good gum benzoin resin is obtained from young trees, we can get it at white colour and pleasant aroma.

So, if someone needs gum benzoin, he or she may order from us, we can supply it at more competitive price, as we supplied it directly from our farmers in the village.

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North Sumatra - Indonesia 

STYRAX BENZOIN

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Romora, a farmer and the marketing representative of a famer cooperative of styrax benzoin farmers in North Sumatra - Indonesia since 2010, wehere thousand of farmers belong to the cooperative. And since we supply the material directly from our own garden, we are able to offer the material at very competitive price and in pure quality.

E - Mail: borumanruku@gmail.com

Whatsapp: +62081270271203.

Styrax benzoin is a tree native to Indonesia. The resin has been used for centuries for its warming, vanilla-like aroma. Benzoin gum powder is often used in perfume and incense blends for its pleasing scent but can also be employed as a stabilizer and fixative.

The resin also called gum benjamin, has a vanilla like aroma and ranges in color from pale yellow to red brown and is harvested by making triangular incisions into the tree's bark to establish a flow, which then hardens into lumps when exposed to air and sunlight. Benzoin is used in the perfume industry as an antioxidant, stabilizer, and fixative. It will sometimes harden under fluctuations in humidity.

PROSES OF PRODUCING SUMATRA GUM BENZOIN

PROCESS OF PRODUCING NATURAL SUMATRA GUM BENZOIN.

Sumatra gum benzoin is dried resin which gained from benzoin trees of 7 years of age. It is warm and has aroma similar to vanilla when dried. The process of tapping and harvesting gum benzoin resin takes one year   By using special knife, the benzoin tree trunk is slightly cut, and then, the  liquid benzoin either accumulates beneath the bark or exudes from the incisions. The incisions are made when the tree is seven years, so that the white gum benzoin resins harden will appear from the skin. After 4 - 6 months since cutting, the gum benzoin resins hardens on the tree trunks at which point' the resin can be harvested. The resin that has been harvested is not clean yet, it must be taken home and cleaned from wastes and dried for 3 to 6 months to remove impurities. After the resin has cleaned from wastes and dried , it is ready for export.

Benzoin trees from which gum benzoin obtained grow a lot in the forest of North Sumatra - Indonesia. It grows to about 12- 30 meters in height and live 70 - 100 years. The tree has grey bark, simple leaves, short and small. The tree grows best in mountenous areas and cold temperatures with high rainfall, but can also grow in low land areas with hot temperatures, but these do not produce good quality gum benzoin resin. Fine qualities have strong odor vanilla like aroma and contains cinnamic acids.

Gum benzoin used in making incense, potpourri, fixative in making parfume, preservative in cosmetic and soap making, lotions and diary products.

Benefits of Sumatra Gum Benzoin

Benefits of Sumatra Gum benzoin.

The resin of Gum Benzoin tree has been cherished throughout history. It was deemed equally important as the more expensive and exotic Frankincense and Myrrh. With a strong, sweet, and balsamic scent, Gum Benzoin beloved by ancient royalty. It appears on ancient Egyptian papyrus records showing that it was traded across the Red Sea to Asia.

It has a long history of medicinal use as a tonic for skin infections and to provide relief from respiratory conditions such as asthma and bronchitis. Nowadays it is used in cough lozenges and is a common ingredient in perfumes. Like Frankincense and Myrrh, Gum Benzoin  resin has a long history of use as a medicine and incense especially in the East. It is a main ingredient in 'Friar's Balsam', which is used as an expectorant and topical antiseptic.

Benzoin Benefits

Skin Health

Benzoin benefits the skin in many ways. It is antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and astringent. It accelerates the healing of wounds, ulcers and relieves eczema, psoriasis and rashes.

Essential oil of Benzoin is a common ingredient in skin care products. It protects the skin by forming an invisible film which prevents moisture loss, improves elasticity and promotes smooth and supple skin.

It can also be used on an itchy scalp, helping to prevent and treat dandruff and give the hair a glossy shine.

Emotional Balance

Benzoin resin incense can be burned to promote emotional balance, soothe away sadness, grief and anger. With an earthy, balsamic scent and sweet vanilla undertones, It is said to melt away blockages and open up the heart.

Conversely, this beautiful incense is also energising and uplifting, promoting focus and concentration.

Respiratory Health

With natural expectorant properties, Gum Benzoin  smell can be inhaled to drive out phlegm and provide relief from congestion in the respiratory tract. Its disinfectant properties will also help to draw out bacteria that cause infections such as coughs and colds.

If coughing is keeping you awake at night, a few drops of Benzoin essential oil on your pillow can help you sleep by dampening the cough reflex and helping you relax.

Digestive Health

Massaging a dilution of Benzoin essential oil into the abdomen exerts a powerful carminative effect, helping to eliminate excess gas from the stomach and intestines. It stimulates the production of the gastric juices that are necessary for healthy digestion whilst calming and toning the digestive tracts.

HARVESTING

When a Benzoin tree is around seven years old, the bark can be “tapped” much like a maple tree would be for its syrup. The Benzoin is collected as a milky-white substance, but as it is exposed to air and sunlight the resin solidifies. Once solidified, the resin takes the form of small crystalline stones that are used as incense. It releases a sweet, balsamic lightly vanilla odour.

Gum Benzoin is a major component of incense used in Russian Orthodox churches and other Orthodox Christian societies. It is also used in blended types of Japanese incense, Indian incense, Chinese incense and Papier d'Arménie. When called sambrani or sambraani, it is a popular Indian incense used to scent and treat hair and prevent infections.

Greetings from Sumatra Gum Benzoin Farmers.

Gum benzoin origin

It has become the great plus for Tapanuli area to be blessed by God to be the only place in Indonesia or probably in the world where gum benzoin trees are growing well. It must be the special pride of course for the people there, more specially for those who survive on the trees products (resin).

It has been well known all over the worldtworld that the resin which obtained by incesing the bark of the trees is very benefit for many purposes, such like: parfume making compound, incense, aromatics products, medical herbal and etc, that,s why everybody who deal in this unique goods should take care more and more seriously in every factor that related with the products, not only to manage to produce higher intake, but also thinking over the future and sustainability.

There must be something that can be done to increase the harvest volume and quality also, so, it will bare satisfaction for Farmers (producers) and customers (buyers).

Once again, gum benzoin is not the tree which can grow well very well every where, but only in very limited areas, such like Tapanuli - North Sumatra - Indonesia.