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Dracaena cinnabari
Also called Dragon's Blood Tree, Dragon Blood Tree, “dragon’s Blood” Tree
Socotra dragon tree is a slow-growing, umbrella-crowned evergreen tree native to the Socotra archipelago in Yemen, known for its red resin called dragon's blood. Its key to growing it is strong drainage and very little water, as it is adapted to a dry climate.
Dracaena cinnabari, the Socotra dragon tree, or dragon blood tree, is a dragon tree native to the Socotra archipelago, part of Yemen, located in the Arabian Sea. It is named after the blood-like color of the red sap that the trees produce. It is also the national tree of Yemen.
The trees can be harvested for their crimson red resin, called dragon's blood, which was highly prized in the ancient world and is still used today. Around the Mediterranean basin it is used as a dye and as a medicine, Socotrans use it ornamentally as well as dyeing wool, gluing pottery, a breath freshener, and lipstick. The root yields a gum-resin, used in gargle water as a stimulant, astringent and in toothpaste. The root is used in rheumatism, the leaves are a carminative.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
