Lacca Laksha, Lakh (Ayurveda)Luk (Arabic)Rgya skyegs  རྒྱ་སྐྱེགས  (Tibetan Medicine)Zi Cao Rong (TCM) Gum Lacca with one of the source tressMuseum Museorum, Valentini, 1704 Aromaticum et Simplicium Aliquot, de Orta, 1579 Lacca; Lacca on stick (top); interior of Lacca showing eggs (second from top) (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016) Close-up of the raw Lacca containing Egg chambers.(Adam, 2016) Button Lac, purified Lacca (Adam, 2022) Backlit Button Lac showing deep red color Entomological name: Female insect of Laccifer lacca (syn. Carteria lacca, Coccus lacca, Kerria lacca) produce the resinous stick-lac around the branches of certain trees.A number of other species are used including Tachardia lacca, although the abovementioned species is primarily cultivated.Typically collected from the trees of Ziziphus marutiana, Butea monosperma, Schleichera oleosa, Ficus religiosa, Mimosa spp. etc. Parts used: Secreted stick-lac which has been purifiedStick lac is the raw product; Seed Lac, Grain Seed Lac, Shellac, Button Lac and Sheet Lac are all names of the purified product after different processing.Three main products on the market are as follows: Stick Lac: whole pieces of raw lac, deep red, often in big pieces where the branch is either still attached, or containing bark. Seed Lac: fragments of Lac; broken Stick Lac; usually regular-sized…

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