Dragon'sBlood, as known in commerce, has several origins, the actuality so called
getting contributed by broadly differing species. Probably the best known is
that from Sumatra. Daemomorops Draco aforetime known as Calamus Draco, was
transferred with abounding others of the breed to Daemomorops, the arch
appropriate mark getting the agreement of the flowers forth the branches
instead of their getting aggregate into catkins, as in those actual beneath
Calamus.
The
long, attenuate stems of the brand are flexible, and the earlier copse advance
aggressive propensities. The leaves accept annoying stalks which generally
abound into continued cape and the case is provided with abounding hundreds of
bedfast spines. The berries are about the admeasurement of a cherry, and
pointed. When accomplished they are covered with a reddish, adhering actuality
which is afar in several ways, the a lot of satisfactory getting by steaming,
or by afraid or abrading in coarse, canvas bags. An inferior affectionate is
acquired by baking the fruits to access a borsch afterwards they accept
undergone the additional process. The artefact may appear to bazaar in beads,
abutting as if basic a necklace, and covered with leaves (Tear Dragon's Blood),
or in small, annular sticks about 18 inches long, arranged in leaves and strips
of cane. Other varieties are begin in aberrant lumps, or in a brownish powder.
They are known as lump, stick, reed, tear, or saucer Dragon's Blood.
It
is used as a colouring amount for varnishes, tooth-pastes, tinctures, plasters,
for dyeing horn to imitate tortoiseshell, etc. It is actual brittle, and break
with an irregular, adhering fracture, is ablaze red and bright inside, and
darker red sometimes delicate with crimson, externally. Small, attenuate pieces
are transparent.
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