Dioscorides wrote that stacte was made from myrrh. According to Rosenmuller stacte was myrrh and another oil mixed together. It is believed by some that "Liquidambar" was the stacte of antiquity. The balsams substitute for opobalsamum which some believe to be Stacte. Most ancient sources refer to Stacte as being a product of myrrh. Stacte may have been light myrrh treated with benzoin. Stacte is described as resin which exudes naturally without a manmade incision.