Lac resin is extensively used for preparing a range of products, from cosmetics to ammunition. It is cultivated on a variety of trees, mostly fruit-bearing and shady trees like berry, kusum etc.
For generations, Amrensia Barla in Simdega district of Jharkhand earned from lac cultivation (lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects. Cultivation begins when a farmer ties a stick containing eggs ready to hatch to the tree to be infested).