Guggal Gum / Commiphora Wightii / Guggal
English Name: Guggal Gum
Botanical Name: Commiphora Wightii
Local Name: Guggal
Product Description
Guggul is made from the sap (gum resin) of the Commiphora mukul tree, which is native to India. This tree has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries, and Ayurvedic texts dating back to 600 BC recommend it for treating atherosclerosis. Today guggul gum resin is used for arthritis, lowering high cholesterol, “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis), acne and other skin diseases, and weight loss.
Silk Cotton Tree Gum/ Salmalia Malabaricum/ Mochras Gum
English Name: Silk Cotton Tree Gum / Mochras Gum
Botanical Name: Salmalia Malabaricum
Local Name: Mochras Gum
Product Description
Machras gum is chtained from the Romhay coiha tree which grows in India South Fast Asia and some narts of South Africa like Mochras gum is obtained from the Bombax ceiba tree which grows in India. South East Asia and some parts of South Africa. Like other trees of the same family or genus it is also well known as The Cotton Tree. but it is also sometimes known as The Red Silk Cotton Tree or simply Red Cotton Tree; sometimes as Silk Cotton Tree or Kapok tree both of which may also refer to Ceiba pentandra.
Mastic Gum/ Pistacia Lentiscus / Mustagi
English Name: Mastic Gum / Mustagi
Botanical Name: Pistacia Lentiscus
Local Name: Mustagi
Product Description
Mastic gum (also called Mastagi Roomi) is plant resin (sap) from the trunk of Pistacia Lentiscus. In Ayurveda and Unani medicine, it is widely used for its ulcer healing, antispasmodic and aphrodisiac action. It reduces menstrual pains and muscular pains. It is useful for the treatment of heartburn, gastritis, ulcers and indigestion.
Myrrh Gum/ Commiphora Myrrha / Murmaki
English Name: Myrrh Gum
Botanical Name: Commiphora Myrrha
Local Name: Murmaki
Product Description
Best known as one of the gifts brought to the infant Jesus, myrrh resin has a sweet, woodsy fragrance that’s been used as incense
for millennia. These dried resin pieces can be smoked in a brazier or censor, or in your wood-burning fireplace, for a wonderful sweet aroma.
Gum Karaya/ Sterculia Urens / Masura Karaya
English Name: Gum Karaya
Botanical Name: Sterculia Urens
Local Name: Masura Karaya
Product Description
Gum Karaya has been used for many centuries in traditional African and Asian cooking. Nowadays, karaya gum is an additive used
in the food and pharamceutical industries, and it is known to be a clean label additive with an excellent digestive tolerance, as it is
a soluble fiber.
Gum Arabic / Acacia Senega / Gond Kikar
English Name: Gum Arabic
Botanical Name: Acacia Senegal
Local Name: Gond Kikar
Product Description
Exceptionally hard to find ingredient – hard harvested Gum Arabic crystals. Easy to use, and without a carrier has pure fine taste.
Asafoetida/ Ferula assa-foetida / Hing
English Name: Asafoetida
Botanical Name: Ferula assa-foetida
Local Name: Hing
Product Description
Asafoetida, scientifically known as Ferula assa-foetida, is a pungent spice derived from the resinous sap of the roots and stem of a species of Ferula, a perennial herb native to Afghanistan and Iran. Commonly used in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian cuisines, asafoetida is renowned for its strong, unique flavor and aroma.
In its raw form, asafoetida has a strong, unpleasant smell, often described as sulfurous or garlicky. However, when cooked, its flavor transforms, adding a savory, umami, and slightly bitter taste to dishes. Due to its potent aroma and taste, asafoetida is used sparingly, typically in powdered or granulated form, to enhance the flavor of curries, lentil dishes, pickles, and other vegetarian recipes.
