k Dragon tree Dracaena draco Flowers and fruits of the Canary Islands Dragon tree Dracaena draco, a monocotyledon of the family Asparagaceae. Seen are a terminal panicle of flowers bottom, and mature fruits orange, top. In the background is the leathery pointed foliage of the tree. D. draco is one of a number of plants that produce dragons blood. This is a red resin that is exuded when the plant is wounded. When dried and ground to a powder, it can be used both as a dye and as a varnish for example, it was, and continues to be, used to varnish violins. D. draco is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN. The wild population on the Canary Islands amounts to only a few hundred plants, although D. draco is widely grown in suitably frostfree gardens and botanic gardens as a striking, umbrellashaped specimen plant. Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Dragon tree  Dracaena draco  Flowers and fruits of the Canary Islands Dragon tree  Dracaena draco , a monocotyledon of the family Asparagaceae. Seen are a terminal panicle of flowers  bottom , and mature fruits  orange, top . In the background is the leathery pointed foliage of the tree. D. draco is one of a number of plants that produce  dragon s blood  . This is a red resin that is exuded when the plant is wounded. When dried and ground to a powder, it can be used both as a dye and as a varnish  for example, it was, and continues to be, used to varnish violins. D. draco is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN. The wild population on the Canary Islands amounts to only a few hundred plants, although D. draco is widely grown in suitably frost free gardens and botanic gardens as a striking, umbrella shaped specimen plant.
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Dragon tree (Dracaena draco)

Flowers and fruits of the Canary Islands Dragon tree (Dracaena draco), a monocotyledon of the family Asparagaceae. Seen are a terminal panicle of flowers (bottom), and mature fruits (orange, top). In the background is the leathery pointed foliage of the tree. D. draco is one of a number of plants that produce \dragon's blood\". This is a red resin that is exuded when the plant is wounded. When dried and ground to a powder, it can be used both as a dye and as a varnish; for example, it was, and continues to be, used to varnish violins. D. draco is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN. The wild population on the Canary Islands amounts to only a few hundred plants, although D. draco is widely grown in suitably frost-free gardens and botanic gardens as a striking, umbrella-shaped specimen plant."

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