Saturday, July 9, 2011

Question Ably - 11

This is a species of palm resembling the bamboo but with a solid core unlike the bamboo's hollow core. It is vine-like, using barb-tipped leaves to clamber for several feet to the tops of trees. The fruit yields a red resin called 'dragon's blood' and was used as medicine and varnish in antiquity. Mostly used to make baskets and furniture, its home is mainly in Indonesia and its name's origins are Malay. In many countries including India, it is the 'poor man's timber' along with bamboo. What?

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