The styrax benzoin tree is evergreen, and grows naturally in northern sumatra, indonesia.
The tree yields an almond shaped solid gum resin called benzoin gum sumatra (cas number: 9000-05-9), collected from incisions made into the trunk of the tree.
The gum resin is of high quality and has many commercial uses.
Family: styracaceae
Synonyms: gum benjamin, luban jawi, benzoin resin
Benzoin gum in commercial applications
Gum benzoin sumatra is used as raw material in a variety of industries.
In perfumery in particular, benzoin is widely used as a fixative, with its warm scent able to blend with other fragrances, and its ability to slow the dispersion of essential oils and other fragrance materials into the air.
In pharmacy, sumatran benzoin is used for its excellent antiseptic, astringent and expectorant properties. It is used in products for the treatment of skin problems, wound healing, bronchitis, catarrh, upper respiratory tract infections, ulcers, fever, inflammation, cough, and in more general skin care products.
The cosmetics industry utilizes benzoin gum sumatra in many products; its excellent preservative qualities ensure that it is always in demand, and it is used as a fixative in the manufacture of all kinds of soaps, creams and lotions.
Benzoin is also used in the food industry as a flavoring agent, where small amounts are added to many processed foods, and these products range from different kinds of beverages to all kinds of packaged baked goods.
Type of benzoin gum for grade i
* rough shape ( usd 25 / kg)
* peanut shape( usd 23 / kg)
* corn shape ( usd 19 / kg)
Broken : 5 %
Wood box @ 50/100 kg net weight
Supplier: Benzoin gum, sumatra benzoin, gum benzoin, sumatera gum benzoin
Supplier: Spices like cloves, mace flower, nutmeg with and without shell , long pepper , damar batu, gum copal, gum damar, gum benzoin.
Supplier: Betel nut, cardamom, gum copal, cloves, gum benzoin sumatra, cinnamon, candlenut , coconut, charcoal, sumatra coffee, ginger, turmeric
Services: International trading company
