Turpentine oil, used in the manufacture of medicines, is obtained from

Turpentine oil, used in making medicines, is obtained from the resin of the chir pine tree.

Acacia yields gum arabic and tannins, not turpentine.

Sunflower gives edible seed oil, not turpentine.

Since chir pine is the true source, none of the above does not apply.

The resin tapped from pine is distilled to yield turpentine and rosin.

Chir pine forests are common in the lower and middle Himalayan slopes.