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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Assam. Researchers discover Dracaena cambodiana, a dragon tree species in the Dongka Sarpo area of West Karbi Anglong district in Assam.

Detailed explanation-2: -Q. India’s first dragon blood-oozing tree has recently discovered in which state? Notes: The research team led by Assam forest officer Jatindra Sarma has discovered Dracaena cambodiana - a dragon tree species in the Dongka Sarpo area of West Karbi Anglong.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is known only from the island of Socotra, Yemen, where it lives within remnants of prehistoric ‘Dragonsblood’ forest on granite mountains and limestone plateaus. The island of Socotra’s 34-million-year separation from mainland Arabia has given rise to a unique flora – 37% of its plant species are found nowhere else.

Detailed explanation-4: -Researchers have discovered Dracaena cambodiana, a dragon tree species in Dongka Sarpo area of West Karbi Anglong District in Assam.

Detailed explanation-5: -Two hundred miles off the coast of Yemen is Socotra, a remote island known as the jewel of the Arabia, where a species of otherworldly tree known as dragon’s blood has bloomed for millenia. With its unusual, umbrella-like appearance, the tree is native to nowhere else.