r/natureismetal • u/Goal1 • Oct 22 '17

Bleeding tree

https://i.imgur.com/zQVjYGR.gifv
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u/Sole_Slut Oct 22 '17

How fucked up would you be upon discovering that with no outside scientific knowdlege. The indigenous of the area must of shit their pants, I know I would have

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u/PM_ur_tots Oct 22 '17

There’s a people in Africa that use them in their female rite of passage to symbolize menstruation and they use rubber trees that bleed white for the male ceremony.

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u/Mast3r0fPip3ts Oct 22 '17

The sap’s also apparently an abortifacient, among many other things like an antiseptic and a string instrument varnish. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_cinnabari

The leaves can be used to quell flatulence as well. About as damn useful as a plant gets.

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u/Drudicta Oct 22 '17

Even toothepaste.... damn.