Cypress
The cuneiform tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh record that the cypress was, along with the willow, one of the two main plants of the Assyrian and Babylonian pharmacopoeia.
The Arabs dressed the wound created by circumcision with seeds ground into a very fine powder.
The story is that Cyparissus, son of Telephos, was beloved by Apollo and Zephyrus when he accidentally killed his favorite deer. Overwhelmed with grief, he turned into a cypress.
This ancient tree, with its immense height and extensive historical ties to mourning and immortality, stands gracefully between the two worlds and challenges people to appreciate the beauties of life.