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  2. Dragon's blood - Wikipedia

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    Thaspine from the Dragon's Blood of the species Croton lechleri has possible use as a cancer drug. [11] Today, dragon's blood from a South American plant can be bought in health food stores. [12] According to Pliny the Elder, dragon's blood was used by artists in antiquity. Painters continued to use it in the creation of flesh tones during the ...

  3. Calamus draco - Wikipedia

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    Calamus draco is an Asian species of rattan plant in the family Arecaceae; its native range is from peninsular Thailand to western Malesia. [1] [2] It is a source of the red resin known as dragon's blood, which is a pigment with medicinal uses. [3]

  4. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    The plant has been used for centuries in the South Pacific to make a ceremonial drink with sedative and anesthetic properties, with potential for causing liver injury. [117] Piscidia erythrina / Piscidia piscipula: Jamaica dogwood: The plant is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety, despite serious safety ...

  5. Jatropha dioica - Wikipedia

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    It changes from clear-yellow to blood red as it is exposed to air, [6] hence its Spanish name sangre de drago, "dragon's blood". The roots contain riolozatrione (C 20 H 26 O 3), a diterpene with antimicrobial properties. [10] Sheep and goats experience severe gastroenteritis, vomiting, and abdominal pain upon consumption of the plant. [11]

  6. Daemonorops - Wikipedia

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    Calamus draco, syn. Daemonorops draco. Daemonorops was a genus of rattan palms in the family Arecaceae. [1] Its species are now included within the genus Calamus. [2] Species now placed in Daemonorops are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. [3]

  7. Dragon's blood (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Dragon's blood is a bright red resin obtained from a number of distinct plants. Dragon's blood, dragon blood, or dragon-blood may also refer to: Dragon's blood tree, a common name for several plants Croton draco, a spurge in the genus Croton; Calamus draco, a palm formerly in the genus Daemonorops; Dracaena draco, a tree native to the Canary ...

  8. Rattan - Wikipedia

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    Some rattan fruits are edible, with a sour taste akin to citrus. The fruit of some rattans exudes a red resin called dragon's blood; this resin was thought to have medicinal properties in antiquity and was used as a dye for violins, among other things. [32] The resin normally results in a wood with a light peach hue.

  9. Dracaena draco - Wikipedia

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    The primary and secondary plant body are the site of the secretory plant tissues that form dragon's blood. These tissues include ground parenchyma cells and cortex cells. [20] Dragon's blood from Dracaena draco and Dracaena cinnabari can be distinguished by differences in 10 compounds and a dominant flavonoid DrC11 missing in Dracaena draco. [19]