What you are buying
Natural raw Boswellia frereana resin in a clear 50 ml glass jar with a silver screw lid and no decorative front label. No added fragrance. No fillers.
Boswellia frereana · Somalia
Somali Maydi Frankincense
Boswellia frereana · 50 ml
299 kr / €29
Natural Boswellia frereana resin from Somalia. Maydi is one of the most distinctive frankincense resins in the world: geographically restricted, chemically distinctive and deeply connected to the historical frankincense trade of the Horn of Africa.
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Boswellia frereana resin · 50 ml glass jar · silver screw lid · no decorative front label · no added fragrance · no fillers.
Why Maydi
Distinct Boswellia species · Endemic to northern Somalia · No added fragrance · No fillers.
Natural variation
One jar may contain cream, pale yellow, gold, beige, amber and light-brown pieces, in irregular shapes, textures and sizes. Each jar preserves the resin’s natural variation in colour, shape and texture.
Why Boswellia frereana is distinctive
Boswellia frereana is endemic to northern Somalia and grows among limestone escarpments. Chemical analysis of single-tree samples found a triterpenoid fraction rich in lupeol, α-amyrin, 3-epi-lupeol and β-amyrin, alongside a volatile profile led by α-thujene and α-pinene. It is a distinct Boswellia species with a chemical profile of its own.
Traditionally chewed as well as burned
Maydi has a distinctive physical property. Boswellia frereana contains very little water-soluble gum, so the resin stays substantially intact during chewing and holds its texture. This is one reason Maydi has traditionally occupied an important place in Arabian markets.
