He lāʻau e kahe ana ke koko... ʻO ka lāʻau koko o nā kaikunāne ʻelua a me ka huna o ke koko ʻulaʻula e hoʻi i kahi moʻolelo mau loa.

ʻO ke koko o nā kaikunāne ʻelua kekahi o nā lāʻau laʻa loa ma ka honua, hiki ke ʻike maoli ʻia ma ka mokupuni Yemeni o Socotra.
Ua hōʻoia ka poʻe kauka Yemeni ʻaʻole like ke "koko o nā kaikunāne ʻelua" ma nā wahi āpau o ka honua, me ka ʻike ʻana he nui nā pono lapaʻau, me ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi a me nā ʻeha ʻili, a me kekahi mau pilikia digestive a me nā maʻi ʻōpū, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ia. he mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe gum; Hoʻohana ʻia ia i ka hana ʻana i ka toothpaste.

"Ke koko o na kaikunane elua"
Hoʻopili ʻia kēia lāʻau me kēia inoa, ma muli o ka wai koko ʻulaʻula e puka mai ana mai loko mai. Ke ʻoki ʻoe i kona ʻili palupalu, hoʻokahe ia i ka wai e like me ke koko ʻulaʻula, ʻo kona inoa ʻepekema ʻo "mercuric sulfide resin." ʻOiai ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he makuahine o "dragon's blood".

Ua hoʻohana nā aliʻi o Yemen, nā Arab a me nā mō'ī o Kina i ka wā ma mua e hoʻoluli i ko lākou lole a me nā mea hana, e like me ka puke "Yemen in the Ancient Greek and Roman Sources."

Eia kekahi, ua hoʻohana ka poʻe kamaʻāina ma ka mokupuni ʻo Socotra i kēia wai i mea lapaʻau no ka ho'ōla ʻana i ka ʻeha, ka maʻi maʻi a me ka maʻi ʻaʻai, a ma ke ʻano he mea e hōʻemi ai i ke kuni, a me nā niho keʻokeʻo, a ua lawe pū ʻia no ka waha, ka puʻu, ka ʻōpū a me ka ʻōpū. )
Ka moʻolelo o ka kulu mua o ke koko
Ma ka hoʻi ʻana i ka inoa mōʻaukala o kēlā lāʻau (ke koko o nā kaikunāne ʻelua), hoʻi ia i ka moʻolelo kahiko i hoʻolaha nui ʻia i loko o nā hoʻomana monotheistic ʻekolu, i hoʻoili ʻia e nā hanauna mōʻaukala ma Socotra, ʻo ʻAdamu a me kāna wahine ʻo Eva.

I ke kahe ana o ke koko o Abela ma ka honua, a inu ka lepo i kona koko, ua ulu mai ke koko o na kaikunane elua.
He mea pono e ike ia, aia ka mokupuni o Socotra ma ka moana Inia ma ke kapakai o ka Horn o Aferika kokoke i ke Kaiono o Aden, a oia ka nui loa o na mokupuni o ka pae aina o ka inoa hookahi, a nona na mokupuni eha a me elua mau moku liilii. mokupuni. Aia ma kahi o 50 tausani kānaka.

Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka pae ʻāina ʻo Socotra ma ka papa inoa o ka United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization "UNESCO" mai ka makahiki 2008 no ka mea "he kahua kūʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka ʻokoʻa nui o kāna mau mea kanu a me ka hapa o nā ʻano endemic" i loko.
ʻO nā ʻano mea kanu 825 i ʻike ʻia ma ka pae ʻāina, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapakolu i manaʻo ʻia he ʻokoʻa, e like me ka UN Agency. ʻO ka lāʻau "dragon's blood", nona nā pono lapaʻau, ʻo ia ka mea kupaianaha loa