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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.

One day will come when people will run with screaming from office, shopping mall, market places, watching the plants in color white. Recently prof. June Medford has invented a new technology that will help of detecting explosive and other chemical elements in the environment. If someone passes by the side of those trees with hidden bomb in his apron, the plants will give a security alert by changing its color in white. Mrs. Medford, is a scientist of Colorado State University, has discovered a way to put the plants in the line of defense. Prof. June and other scientists of Colorado State University are working with the defense department of USA and Homeland security. They are now trying to upgrade the plants for the future use in airport and other important public areas. "We actually modify the seed, “and” then it's a trait that is stable and stays with it forever. It's very empowering because it will tell you that there's an explosive around: 'get the security guy...

  Baha California is the home of the Boojum tree. At a first sight we resembles it as a cactus more than a tree. As the inner wood of the tree is remarkably soft and they grow up to 20m high, the thin trunks of the tree can grow in sinuous shapes. It is the ancient plant of Baha California desert. So, its leaves are small and cover the trunk to protect water loss.  The flowers of the tree blooms in summer and autumn at the very top of the trunks; they occur in short racemes, and are creamy yellow with a honey scent. The absurd poem ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ by Lewis Carroll, from where the name of the Boojum tree has been taken. “But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day,   In a moment (of this I am sure), I shall softly and suddenly vanish away — And the notion I cannot endure!”