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Wikipedia is a marginally better source than the seemingly LLM written articles on the topic
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_blood
It appears that the resin is harvested from a number of different plants, not just d. cinnabari or d draco the threatened ones. If you could see the ingredients of the incence you're getting it may say what species it's from...
Can confirm, wikipedia is right about this one!
Also, not at all surprised to learn that the Romans didn't distinguish the plant resin from the mineral cinnabar because holy shit they just loved willingly consuming poison.
Truly, we are all Romans
Can't relate, my diet consists of only homegrown hydroponic cannabis watered with reverse osmosis treated water.
Ty! I read your other comment in this thread too - very informative!
Natopedia becoming one of the most trustworthy sources by default solely because you can be relatively sure it was at least written by a human