Onycha (甲香)¶
Claim & Evidence¶
Claim: 甲香 (jiǎxiāng) is a Chinese incense ingredient (animal-derived, not botanical) — onycha, the operculum of marine gastropods — with an aroma profile of marine, briny, animalic, musky.
Evidence sources:
| Source | Type | Evidence level | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastropoda (the snail class that bears the operculum) on GBIF | taxonomy | Tier 2 — Academic / Museum / Institutional | 2026-09-20 |
Attributes¶
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 甲香 |
| Pinyin | jiǎxiāng |
| Scientific name | operculum of marine gastropods (mollusc) — animal-derived, not botanical |
| Type | ingredient |
| Aroma | marine, briny, animalic, musky |
| Category | Animal-derived |
Relationships¶
| Type | Related entity |
|---|---|
| category | Animal-derived |
| related | Musk |
| related | Ambergris |
Main Site¶
Read the full article: Onycha on IncenseHerbs
Auto-generated from the LanDeng Open Datasets (single source of truth: datasets/*.json). See Format & Governance for data conventions.