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The Socotra Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Somalia, is the place where the Dragon Blood tree grows. For a number of reasons, the Dragon Blood tree is unusual.
Its trunk is bare but its branches generally remain at the top and ending in sharp spiky leaves. The Dragon Blood tree is belonging to the monocotyledons. The dicotyledons and the Dragon Blood trees are from the same category. The tree also reveals an unusual interior and exterior both from where once pierced bright red sap oozes out. Those bright red saps are called the blood of the Dragon Blood tree which is dried and then it is used as a medicine or a dye. While the neighbors of Socotra still use it as a panacea, the sap is mostly used as a red varnish for violins in west.


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