| Botanical Name | Styrax Tonkinesis |
| Common Name | Benzoin Absolute, Gum Benzoin, Gum Benjamin, Siam Benzoin |
| Country of Origin | India |
| Solubility | Not Applicable |
| Specific Gravity | 0.66000 - 0.68800 at 20° |
| Optical Rotation | +14° 10' TO +25° |
| Refrective Index | 1.5210 TO 1.5300 |
| PlantPart | Tree resin, pathologically gathered. |
| Bland With | Cardamom, Frankincense, Myrrh, Myrtle, Neroli, Orange, Petitgrain and Sandalwood |
| CAS No | 8024-01-0 |
| Flash Point | 170 °C |
| Extraction Method | Solvent extracted |
Choya loban Attar is produced by adding benzoin directly and heating it in a special earthern ware. With more volatile principles of gum distilled into receiving vessel, it forms the natural way to produce Choya loban that finds usage in incense business, hawan samagri and other similar applications.
Used for thousands of years in the East as a medicine and incense. Europeans used it for respiratory problems. In southern Asia, it was traditionally used for healing the wound of circumcision. Used as a fixative in fragrances, soaps, cosmetics,
Color : Golden color & strong odour,
Aroma : Benzoin oil has a sweet, warm and vanilla-like aroma.
Not Applicable
Used primarily as an inhalant for respiratory afflictions: asthma, bronchitis, coughs, laryngitis, lung infections and for some skin problems (but great care in usage needs to be followed because it could be a powerful skin sensitizer).
