Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is for the first time that a Dragon blood-oozing Tree species has been reported from India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe found the Dragon blood-oozing Tree species on hilly rock crevices within a 0.05 sq km area. It took us four years of fieldwork and study to classify the plant as a dragon tree species whose sap turns bright red after coming in contact with air,\u201d Mr. Sarma, Northern Assam Circle\u2019s Chief Conservator of Forests told The Hindu on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report has been co-authored by Hussain Ahmed Barbhuiya\nof Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Santanu Dey of Nagaland University\u2019s\nDepartment of Botany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In India, the Dracaena genus belonging to the family\nAsparagaceae is represented by nine species and two varieties in the Himalayan\nregion, the northeast and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. But Dracaena cambodiana\nis the only true dragon tree species, the study said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dracaena cambodiana is an important medicinal plant as well\nas an ornamental tree. it is a major source of dragon\u2019s blood, a precious\ntraditional medicine in China. Several antifungal and antibacterial compounds,\nantioxidants, flavonoids, etc., have been extracted from various parts of the\nplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRecent overexploitation to meet the increasing demand for\ndragon\u2019s blood has resulted in rapid depletion of the plant. For this reason,\nthe species is already listed in the inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of\nChina,\u201d Mr Sarma said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The population size of the dragon tree species in Assam was\nestimated to be fewer than 50 mature individuals. \u201cThe habitat of the plant is\nseverely fragmented due to open excavation of a stone quarry and there is\ncontinuing decrease in its area of occupancy and number of mature individuals,\u201d\nhe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dracaena seeds are usually dispersed by birds. But due\nto the large fruit size, only a few species of birds are able to swallow the\nfruits, thus limiting the scope of its natural conservation. The study\nadvocates conservation programme for Dracaena cambodiana in view of its\nmedicinal, ornamental and ecological values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
India\u00b4s first Dragon blood-oozing Tree discovered in Assam. The Dragon blood-oozing Tree is a bright red resin used since ancient times as medicine, body oil, varnish, incense and dye. A trio of researchers led by Assam forest officer Jatindra Sarma has discovered Dracaena cambodiana, a dragon tree species in the Dongka Sarpo area of West […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[273],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-4098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-dragon-blood-oozing-tree"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4100,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions\/4100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4098"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=4098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}