Purple Pine

Purple Pine, commonly known as Leadwood, is a tall evergreen tree from family Pinaceae, commonly found in the South Boulderov region, on the continent of Haven. It derives its name from slightly purple resin it produces. It is speculated that Purple Pine absorbs end stone dust in the soil it grows in to enhance its resin, to protect itself from insects and pathogens more efficiently. During Warped Corruption that occurred in that region, a large number of tree species went extinct, but Purple Pines went unscathed, most likely due to its end stone, which repelled such corruption.
It gets its name "leadwood", from lead it absorbs from lead-enriched water of the Boulderov region, and uses it to strengthen its wood. Due to that, smoke from burning it is toxic, and prolonged exposure has bad effect on health. Despite that, the wood is often used in construction, as a cheap alternative to stone.
During the Warped Corruption, poor people in the region suffered from severe lead poisoning (even though they are resistant to lead in the water), due to Purple Pine's wood being the only easily accessible to burn in fireplaces.
Smoke of refined resin of Purple Pine is a known hallucinogen, which effects are often described as feeling of euphoria, seeing inverted colors, sense of relaxation, and numbness. Long-term effects of resin are memory loss and anxiety.
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