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Day 47 -> The Tree that Bleeds

7/10/2013

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The Dracaena cinnabari (Image by Google)
    Sounds like a poethic metaphor, but it's true. Although this red liquid is actually a resin that prevents insects from proliferating in its bark, it generally appears when the Dragon Blood tree is cut or wounded. This species is native of the Socotra archipelago off the horn of Africa.
     The resin has colouring properties, which also appears in other dragon trees, and were recorded by the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is still used in incenses, dyes, varnishes and in medicine to this day.
~Ally
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