Styrax Collection

Stemmed plants including coffee, blueberry, papaya, argan, achras, desert date, styrax, olive, rhododendron, kalmia, gardenia, etc

Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin
5855095 Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin; (add.info.: Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin 1, and logwood, Haematoxylon campechianum 2
FLO4574301 Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin 1, and logwood, Haematoxylon campechianum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's " Bilderbuch fur Kinder"

Stemmed plants including coffee (cafe), blueberry (blueberry), papaya (papaya), argan, achras, desert date (date)
FLO4684742 Stemmed plants including coffee (cafe), blueberry (blueberry), papaya (papaya), argan, achras, desert date (date), styrax, olive, rhododendron, kalmia (American laurel), gardenia, etc

Snowdrop bush, an early spring bloomer, native California plant

Bigleaf snowbell or storax, Styrax grandifolium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Benzoin tree, Styrax benzoin. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Benzoin, Lindera benzoin (Styrax benzoin). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Styrax bush, Styrax officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Gum benjamin tree, Styrax benzoin (Benzoin officinale). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Styrax obassia, native of Japan and Korea.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N. Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1889, L

Styrax benzoin, gum benjamin
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

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Styrax is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant resin, which has been used for centuries in perfumes and incense. The resin is harvested by making cuts in the bark of the tree, allowing it to ooze out and harden into tear-shaped droplets. Styrax trees are native to Asia and North America, with some species also found in Europe and Africa. The resin trees has a sweet, balsamic scent that is often described as warm and comforting and has been used in traditional medicine for its anti-inflammatory properties, as well as in religious ceremonies for its purifying qualities. In addition to its aromatic properties, styrax resin is also used in woodworking as a varnish or adhesive. Its sticky texture makes it ideal for binding materials together or sealing surfaces. Overall, a versatile plant with a long history of use across various cultures.