An umbrella against noon
The dense crown slows sun and wind before the limestone gives back its heat.
Resin remembers the cut
Old port-red sap records injury, remedy, varnish, and trade in one stain.
Isolation sharpens form
Thirty-seven percent of Socotra flora learned a grammar found nowhere else.
Every fork is a map
Dichotomous branches read like plateau paths, splitting cleanly toward light.