Japan wax is sold in flat squares or disks and has a rancid odor.
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In East Asia, in particular in Japan, traditional candle fuel ( also called Japan wax ) was produced, among other sumac plants, from " Rhus succedanea " crushed fruits rather than beeswax or animal fats.
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The resins of certain species native to Japan, China and other Asian countries, such as lacquer tree ( " T . vernicifluum " ) and wax tree ( " T . succedaneum " ), are used to make lacquer, and, as a byproduct of lacquer manufacture, their berries are used to make japan wax.