In Madagascar (which was on some of the seafaring routes), You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was believed to cure malaria.
My Latin is very limited, so someone good at Latin should probably read it, but it mostly describes the trees' form, bark, number of branches, sap (reason for the "dragon" name), and uses. If I'm reading it correctly, it mentions it was rare in Europe.
(13-01-2017, 11:51 PM)Anton wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Thx Searcher. The title of the book is "history of rare plants". Maybe somebody fluent in Latin could please read into this and see what the book tells about the history of Dracaena, when it became known in Europe?
My Latin is very limited, so someone good at Latin should probably read it, but it mostly describes the trees' form, bark, number of branches, sap (reason for the "dragon" name), and uses. If I'm reading it correctly, it mentions it was rare in Europe.