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also collected attached to branches, and called 'red-brown twig'. one writer says that the lac tree grows in chen la kuo (the country of genuine wax) or cambodia, where it is locally called le-ka or lo-ka. he also reports that ants carry soil up to the extremity of branches and build there a nest on trees
. this soil, carried by ants, wetted by rain and dew, hardens and becomes lac. another writer, however, says that when mist, dew and rain moisten the branches, lac is formed by a tiny insect, like an ant or a louse which creeps on the branches of trees, like the insect which produces chinese wax on the...
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also collected attached to branches, and called 'red-brown twig'. one writer says that the lac tree grows in chen la kuo (the country of genuine wax) or cambodia, where it is locally called le-ka or lo-ka. he also reports that ants carry soil up to the extremity of branches and build there a nest on trees
. this soil, carried by ants, wetted by rain and dew, hardens and becomes lac. another writer, however, says that when mist, dew and rain moisten the branches, lac is formed by a tiny insect, like an ant or a louse which creeps on the branches of trees, like the insect which produces chinese wax on the...
http://www.shellacepc.com/products/shellac-lac-based-products/