Search tags

The resin of Boswellia trees from Socotra is the best frankincense in the world
The resin of Boswellia trees from Socotra is the best frankincense in the world

Frankincense, the resin produced by a species of Boswellia, was one of the most valuable commodities produced in the ancient world.

Internet shop
Natural resins from Socotra Island
Natural resins from Socotra Island

Here you can buy the famous Socotran resins - myrrh, incense, dragon's blood and other goods from the island of Socotra.

frankincense Internet shop
Dragon's blood (Dracaena cinnabari) - a unique resin from Socotra
Dragon's blood (Dracaena cinnabari) - a unique resin from Socotra

Locals on Socotra island use the Dracaena resin as a sort of cure-all, using it for such things as general wound healing, a coagulant, curing diarrhea, lowering fevers, dysentery diseases, taken internally for ulcers in the mouth, throat, intestines and stomach, as well as an antiviral for respiratory viruses, stomach viruses and for such skin disorders as eczema.

Internet shop dragon blood tree
    Some theorists of literature consider Socotra to be the prototype of Prospero Island mentioned in Shakespeare's play «The Tempest».