The turpentine oil used in the manufacture of medicines is obtained from

Turpentine oil is obtained by distilling the oleoresin tapped from pine trees, and in India the chief tree tapped is the chir pine (Pinus roxburghii) of the Himalayan foothills. The resin yields turpentine oil and rosin, and turpentine is used in liniments and other medicinal preparations. Acacia trees yield gum arabic and catechu, not turpentine, and sunflower yields an edible seed oil.