Socotra, Yemen

in socotra •  7 years ago 


Socotra is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. It is part of the Republic of Yemen and is considered the jewel of biodiversity in the Arabian Sea. One of the most striking of Socotra’s plants is the dragon’s blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari), which is a strange-looking, umbrella-shaped tree. Its red sap was thought to be the dragon’s blood of the ancients, sought after as a medicine and a dye, and today used as paint and varnish. The Dragon’s Blood tree is one of Socotra’s iconic natural features. These trees grows in droves high up on Diskum plateau in the center of the island

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