Dragon blood tree nedir, what is it exactly? It is not common thing that all people know. Yet, for industries in sectors of medicine, paper, toothpaste, and paint this dragon blood is known as one of ingredients. In Indonesia, dragon blood known as Jernang.
What is jernang? Some say rattan. But according to the farmers who develop this type of forest plant, the jernang tree is still a countryman with rattan, but not the kind of rattan that we are familiar with.
Jernang is a kind of resin. The resin (sap) taken from this jernang fruit is known to the world as dragon blood or dragon’s blood (UK), drakenbloed (Netherlands), sangre de drago (France), sanguis draconis, and other names. This product is produced from several species of rattan from the genus Daemonorops.
Indonesia Source of Dragon Blood Tree Nedir
Resins are usually red in color. So far, it is traded and used as a dye, incense, and traditional medicine. Jernang is mostly produced from Sumatra, including Aceh and Kalimantan. In Aceh, jernang plants are widely developed in Aceh Besar, West Aceh, Bener Meriah, Central Aceh, Bireuen, Southeast Aceh and almost all other areas of Aceh.
The sap of the jernang fruit is targeted by the world to be used as a dye, medicine, incense, and perfume. Therefore, it is believed that jernang sap is never devoid of world market demand. This type of non-timber forest product, the sap contains dracoresen, draco resinolanol and draco alban compounds.
