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Dalbergia parviflora. Lakawood, or laka wood (Malay: kayu laka), is a reddish aromatic heartwood used as incense in China, India and South East Asia. [1] It also had a number of other uses in the past, for example as a dye and for medicinal purposes.
Cajuput essential oil in clear glass vial. Cajuput oil (also spelled cajeput) is a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous trees Melaleuca leucadendra, Melaleuca cajuputi, and probably other Melaleuca species.
A gambang, properly called a gambang kayu ('wooden gambang') is a xylophone-like instrument used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang ensembles. It has wooden bars ( wilah ) in contrast to the metallic ones of the more typical metallophones in a gamelan.
A Woman of Ōhara Carrying Firewood (ja:大原女, the peddler lady of Kyoto), Japanese painting by Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754–1799).. For most of human history, firewood was the main fuel, until the use of coal spread during the Industrial Revolution. [4]
Ground garam masala. Garam masala (Hindustani:- garam masālā, lit. transl. hot or warm spices) is a blend of ground spices originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is common in Indian, Pakistani, Nepalese, Bangladeshi, and Caribbean cuisines. [1] [2] It is used alone or with other seasonings. The specific combination differs by district ...
Potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate, also known as Rochelle salt, is a double salt of tartaric acid first prepared (in about 1675) by an apothecary, Pierre Seignette, of La Rochelle, France.