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Okay so I can't for the life of me find a straight answer on the internet about this: Which tree is Dragons Blood incense from? Because the only tree called dragons blood I can find is endangered. (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I like the smell of dragons blood incense but I don't want to buy it if it's from an endangered species.

In before someone makes a joke about it being from real mythical dragons

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[–] Babs@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dracaena

Calamus

Daemonorops

Wow botany can be fucking metal sometimes.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You wanna talk about literal metal botany, check out the hyperaccumulator Pycnandra acuminata native to Kanaky. It grows in this super nickel-rich soil and it produces this gorgeous turquoise latex that's 25% nickel citrate by dry weight.

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

sicko-pog

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

Hyperaccumulators are really interesting and could be super important for bioremediation efforts in coming years.