astragalus sarcocolla

Astragalus sarcocolla (Greek σαρκοκόλλα, from σάρξ 'flesh', and κόλλᾰ 'glue'; Arabic anzarūṭ, ʿanzarūt, kuḥl fārisī, kuḥl kirmānī; Persian anzarūt, tashm (< čashm), kandjubā) is a historical shrub or tree from Persia, identified with a species of Astragalus (Papilionaceae), also denoting its balsam.

Formerly, the genus Penaea, belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, was generally considered to be the original plant, namely either Penaea mucronata L., or Penaea sarcocolla L. or Penaea squamosa L. But in 1879 ...