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Table 1 Appearing of dragon’s blood names (resin/tree) from the first century ad to 2000 ad

From: Exploring the historical distribution of Dracaena cinnabari using ethnobotanical knowledge on Socotra Island, Yemen

No.

Author

Referred to

Dragon’s blood name

Year

Notes

1

Breasted [57]

Marchant

Indian cinnabar

60

Resin

2

Breasted [57]

Dioscorides

Kinnabar

90

Resin

3

Abu Hanifa [60]

Al-sulaik

Eda’a

605

Resin

4

Ibn Manzur and Mukarram [61]

Al-asmai

Andam

800

Resin

5

Ibn Manzur and Mukarram [61]

Al-asmai

Dum al-akhawin

800

Resin

6

Ibn Sallam [59]

 

Shian

838

Resin

7

Ibn Sallam [59]

 

Baqam

838

Resin

8

Abu Hanifa [60]

 

Shian

869

Tree

9

Ibn Manzur and Mukarram [61]

Ibn Barii

Al-huraifah

1165

Tree

10

Abi Umran [75]

 

Katir

1204

Resin

11

Ibn Al-baitar [76]

 

Dum al-tinnin

1248

Resin

12

Ibn Al-baitar [76]

 

Dum al-thuban

1248

Resin

13

Al-Firuzabadi [62]

 

Dum al-akhawin

1410

Tree/resin

14

Al-Firuzabadi [62]

 

Eda’a

1410

Tree/resin

15

Al-Firuzabadi [62]

 

Andam

1410

Tree/resin

16

Wellsted [64]

 

Dum khoheil

1835

Resin

17

Wellsted [64]

 

Dragon’s blood

1835

Tree/resin

18

Wellsted [64]

 

Moselle

1835

Resin

19

Balfour [65]

B.C.S

Kharya

1835

Tree

20

Breasted [57]

Bent

Blood of two brothers

1893

Resin

21

Forbes [55]

 

Arhieb

1899

Tree