The Cellar - April 29, 2012 Trees that Bleed

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April 29, 2012 Trees that Bleed

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The tree in these photos is known as the Dragon’s Blood tree and it is a rare type of tree that originates on a small group of four islands in the Indian Ocean. The tree contains a beautiful red sap which is called Dragon’s Blood that has been used as a medicine to treat a variety of ailments and can supposedly increase the potency of witchcraft spells for sexuality, banishing, love, and protection.

From Izismile

Safe from A-holes only because they're remote. Don't let the Asians hear about them!

Screwy look'in..

Where's the cellar "like" button?

LOL! The first thing I thought of was 2 umbrellas, one just fine and the other turned inside out by the wind.

As Voody Voodpecker said

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If it bleeeeds, ve can drill it.

As a kid I watched a Box Elder being cut down. Sometimes they get some sort of disease that makes them have very red pockets of wood. It looked just like the tree was bleeding when the blood red sawdust was shooting out of the chainsaw. And the guy cutting it down made a comment that the tree was bleeding, which made an impression on me. It was cut up for firewood, but now that red wood is prized by woodworkers and is worth money.

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I remember being somewhat perturbed by blood oranges as a youngster.

Can't your feel the pain of the forest

Tropical version of the weirwood?

We have a wood fired stove. Last year Mr Possum (my other half) was splitting some sort of dry eucalyptus logs with a log splitter and blood gushed out. It was about a cup full of it, fresh blood consistency, bright red, and it came from inside the wood. He was really shaken the first time it happened, as he thought there must have been a hollow in it with an animal inside, but it was just some sort of sap. It happened a few times with some other logs in the same batch. Each time it was a fright. Anyone here know what kind of wood it could have been? I live in south eastern Australia, and it probably would have been a local species if that helps.

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 809427)

I remember being somewhat perturbed by blood oranges as a youngster.

Me, too. I had never seen one till I was 19, on my first trip to Europe (in Germany). The peel was a normal orange colour, then when I stuck my thumb in to peel it, it bled. I pulled a bit of the peel off, and the segment looked just like it was full of blood, with a membrane over it. Gave me the creeps, and I refused to eat any oranges there unless I could be sure it wasn't a blood orange.

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Originally Posted by sandypossum (Post 809612)

I've had that happen too while splitting logs near Adaminaby in NSW. Probably common, but I don't know what causes it.

Bleeding trees I don't know from...but this thing came off a cedar tree in mah backyard. At first it was hard and spiky, and then it ended up all gooey and limp. Such is life.

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WTF? I thought you be in KY, dude. I didn't know there was also a KY on freaking Jupiter, or on Uranus!

Leave my anus outta this.

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Also, leave that outta my anus!!!