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n. - Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.

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  • Strips of calliandra provide good shade for seedlings of plantation species such as damar (Agathis loranthifolia).
  • Take equal parts of gum damar and white rosin and just enough Persian blue to color it.
  • It is safe to say, from what I know now, it is the damar I used that contributed most to the problem.
  • Seram's moist lowland forests are being exploited by logging companies, primarily for their valuable damar trees (Agathis).
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