Dragon Blood Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Dragon Blood (Daemonorops draco, now classified by Kew as Calamus draco) is a climbing rattan palm of the palm family, Arecaceae, native to the rainforests of Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula. Its slender, spiny stems scramble 10 to 20 meters through the canopy, with feathery pinnate leaves whose tips end in whip-like hooks, and clusters of round fruits about 2 centimeters across covered in glossy scales. As the fruits ripen, a brittle, dark red resin oozes between the scales; it is knocked off, sifted, and melted into sticks or cakes that break with a glassy fracture and show a deep blood-red color when powdered. We extract the dried resin.