Lac
Carteria lacca or Coccus lacca or Tachardia lacca
Vernacular Names
Sanskrit - Laksha Malayalam - Laksha Tamil - Kombarakku
Source
Lac is a resinous substance usually of reddish or dark brown in colour with a disagreeable odour & easily breakable with a cracking sound. It is deposited on the twigs of trees such as banyan, accasia and peepal tree [...]

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