Socotra’s Boswellia trees are currently not the main source of commercially traded frankincense, although the island was historically part of the incense trade, researchers say.

The Yemeni island of Socotra was largely unspoiled, its few guests arriving to trade for aromatic frankincense. Now it is threatened by climate change.

Socotra’s Boswellia trees are currently not the main source of commercially traded frankincense, although the island was historically part of the incense trade, researchers say.