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Dragon's Blood
Daemonorops draco
Dragon's Blood · Drachenblutpslmr · dragon's-blood · dragon's-blood palm · drakblodspalm · xue jie
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Egypt, Turkey, China, Europe
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Astringent, Cancer, Cicatrizant, Dentifrice
Science studied: BENZOIC-ACID, BENZOYL-ACETIC-ESTER, DAMMARENOLIC-ACID, DIPTEROCARPOL
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Arecaceae
Scientific name: Daemonorops draco
Common names: Dragon's Blood, Drachenblutpslmr, dragon's-blood, dragon's-blood palm, drakblodspalm, xue jie
History
The source record documents this plant in Egypt, Elsewhere, Turkey, China, Europe.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Astringent
- Cancer
- Cicatrizant
- Dentifrice
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Enterorrhagia
- Eye
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- Hemostat
- Stimulant
- Styptic
- Cancer(Uterus)
- Sore
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Egypt
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- China
- Europe
Documented cultural uses
- Astringent
- Cancer
- Cicatrizant
- Dentifrice
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Enterorrhagia
- Eye
- Hemostat
- Stimulant
- Styptic
- Cancer(Uterus)
show 1 more documented entries
- Sore
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BENZOIC-ACID
- BENZOYL-ACETIC-ESTER
- DAMMARENOLIC-ACID
- DIPTEROCARPOL
- DRACOCARMIN
- DRACORHODIN
- DRACORUBIN
- 22-HYDROXYHOPANONE
- 5-METHOXY-7-HYDROXYFLAVAN
- NORDRACORHODIN
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- OLEANOLIC-ALDEHYDE
- PTEROCARPAL
- PTEROCARPOL
- RESIN
- URSONIC-ALDEHYDE
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- DRACORESINOTANNOL
- ABIETIC-ACID
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- DRACOALBAN
- DRACORESENE
- BENZOYL-ACETIC-ACID
- DRACOALBAN-BENZOIC-ESTER
- ISOPIMARIC-ACID
- NORDRACORUBIN
- PIMARIC-ACID
- SANDARACOPIMARIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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