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Commonly called "benzoin", it is called "benzoin resin" here to distinguish it from the crystalline compound Benzoin . Benzoin resin does ''not'' contain the crystalline compound Benzoin .

Benzoin is also called gum benzoin or '''gum benjamin''', but "gum" is incorrect as benzoin is not a water-soluble Polysaccharide .

Its name probably came via Italian from Arabic ''lubān jāwī'' = " Frankincense from Java ", because it was brought from Indonesia .

Gum Benzoin , is a major component of the type of church Incense used in Russia and some other Orthodox Christian societies.


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