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Dragon's Blood Resin Broken from Unripe Rattan Fruit
The unripe fruit of the dragon's blood rattan (Calamus draco) is encased in a layer of red resin. Break it off, gather it, and roll it into solid balls, or grind it to a red powder.
The picture: dragon's blood, powdered and in lumps (Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0).
Beginner
2 hours
Instructions
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Break off the resin
Break off the resin
Working over a cloth, break the red resin layer off each unripe fruit and let it fall on the cloth. Put the bare fruit aside in the basket.
Materials for this step:
Unripe Rattan Fruit (Calamus draco)2 kgTools needed:
Cotton Cloth
Basket
Balance Scale2
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Roll into balls
Roll into balls
Gather the resin from the cloth and roll it into solid balls.
Tools needed:
Cotton Cloth3
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Powder (optional) and keep
Powder (optional) and keep
For powder, grind a ball in the mortar. Keep balls or powder in an airtight container.
Tools needed:
Mortar and Pestle
Airtight Storage ContainersBalance Scale4
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Resin from your fruit
Resin from your fruit
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