Dragon's blood

For other uses, see Dragon's blood (disambiguation).
Dragon's blood, powdered pigment or apothecary's grade and roughly crushed incense, extracted from Calamus draco

Dragon's blood is a bright red resin which is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: Calamus spp. (previously Daemonorops) also including Calamus rotang, Croton, Dracaena and Pterocarpus. The red resin has been in continuous use since ancient times as varnish, medicine, incense, pigment, and dye.