The yellow resin is used to make candles, aromatics and gum; the beans are processed into meal, jam, and wine.

Some claim that the tree is standing in what was once the Garden of Eden in biblical narratives, and so has a more mystical source of water.

[4] In October 2010, archaeologists unearthed 500-year-old pottery and other artefacts in the vicinity of the tree.

A soil and dendrochronology analysis conducted in the 1990s concluded that the tree was an Acacia planted in 1582.

[5] The tree was mentioned in the 1991 film L.A. Story, where Steve Martin calls it one of the most mystical places on Earth.