| Abies cilicica | |
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| Cilica fir in north Lebanon | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Abies |
| Species: | A. cilicica |
| Binomial name | |
| Abies cilicica Ant. & Kotschy Carriére |
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Abies cilicica, or Cilicia Fir, is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica, the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea, archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin from the Syrian fir tree (Abies cilicica), one weighting about 190 g and the other about 339 g, recovered from 1st-century AD contexts in one of the harbor trenches. Produced in areas of greater Syria and Asia Minor, this resin and its oil derivative were used in mummification, as an antiseptic, a diuretic, to treat wrinkles, extract worms and promote hair growth."[1]