Socotra's frankincense branches: Gerry and Bonni, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/gerr-bon/6408183409/
Boswellia ameero, another of Socotra's endemic frankincense trees: H.O. Forbes-Natural History (1903), page 461, Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884726
Socotran Archipelago in Arabian Sea sector of Indian Ocean: Central Intelligence Agency, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Somali_map.jpg
Boswellia ameero: Isaac Bayley Balfour-"Botany" (1888), Tab. IX, Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41401512
Socotra's camels are fond of frankincense tree's branches, leaves, and twigs: Gerry and Bonni, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/gerr-bon/6408239431/
Boswellia elongata: Isaac Bayley Balfour-"Botany" (1888), Tab. X, Public Domain, via Internet Archive @ https://archive.org/details/transactionsofro311888roy/page/n570/mode/1up?view=theater
Socotra: Isaac Bayley Balfour-"Botany" (1888), frontispiece, Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library@ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41400959
Socotra frankincense flowers and fruit: Isaac Bayley Balfour-"Botany" (1888), Tab. XI, Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41401520
1899 photo by Captain H.E. Rosengreen: Richard von Wettstein-Sokótra 1905, page 30, Public Domain, via Internet Archive @ https://archive.org/details/Soktra1905/page/n21/mode/2up?view=theater
Socotra frankincense tree (left, foreground) with Adenium (center): HO Forbes-Natural History (1903), page xli, Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884197
Scops socotranus: engraving by Bale & Danielsson, Ltd. after an original by Henrik Grönvold (1858–1940): HO Forbes-Natural History (1903), Plate V, page 69, Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884298
Phoenix rising from its fiery ashes: Aberdeen Bestiary illuminated manuscript, ca. 12th century, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_detail_from_Aberdeen_Bestiary.jpg
Phoenix, risen from its ashes, between two trees, frankincense and myrrh: Aberdeen Bestiary, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_rising_from_its_ashes.jpg
illustration/lithograph by John Green: HO Forbes-Natural History (1903), Plate VIII, page 99, Public Domain, via Internet Archive @ https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof00forb/page/99/mode/1up?view=theater
Socotra's aloe: Gerry and Bonni, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/gerr-bon/6407177435/
Yemeni riches: frankincense, gold, oil: snotch, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frankincense_2005-12-31.jpg
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