A young tree on Gran Canaria.
I grow a plant for a few
years: Then it got way too big!
The seeds.
The flowers by Dr Jeremy
Burgess, Science Photo Library.
Medium
size,
Gran Canaria.
The leaves are rather smooth,
compared with those of
Dracaena tamaranae.
The leaves are rather smooth,
compared with those of
Dracaena tamaranae.
300 year old tree is
impressive!
Little but branched tree.
Really fat little plant.
Almost dormant tree on
Lanzarote.
A tree on Fuerteventura.
Almost dormant tree on
Lanzarote.
Almost dormant tree on
Lanzarote. |
| Author: | Carl
Linnaeus, 1767 |
| Family: |
DRACAENACEAE* |
| Origin: |
The
Canary Islands, Madeira, Morocco |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
1,5
Meters |
| Height: |
20
Meters |
| Flower:
|
Crème
Colour |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Dragon
Tree, Drago de Canarias, Dragon's Blood Tree, Sangre de
Drago |
| Synonyms: |
Asparagus
draco, Linnaeus, 1762.
Palma draco, Mill.
Dracaena resinifera, Salisb.
Draco arbor, Garsault.
Draco draco, Linding..
Draco dragonalis, Crantz.
Drakaina draco, Raf.
Stoerkia draco, Crantz.
Yucca draco, Carrière.
Dracaena draco subsp. ajgal, Benabid & Cuzin.
Dracaena draco subsp. caboverdeana, Marrero Rodr.
& R.S.Almeida. |
This member of the
Dracaenaceae family was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 and
given this name by him in 1767. It
is found on The Canary Islands, Madeira and
Morocco, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of
sun. It can grow to 20 meters in height and 1,5 meters in diameter,
given 500 - 1000 years. I have read in other places it should be
slow growing - it is fare from my experience! The flowers are crème
coloured.
The genera name from Latin;
drago; a female dragon. The species name is 'dragon' again.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Dracaenaceae is
now part of
the Asparagaceae.
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Often
used as garden sculptures, here on Grand Canary Island. Photo by
Preben Leif Axelsen.
Medium sized trunk.
Trunk of a 300 year old tree,
120 cm across.
Medium sides tree,
Gran Canaria
Small part of the canopy on a
300 year old tree.
Gran Canaria has a lot of
medium sized plants along the roads, in gardens and parks.
The fruits will turn bigger
and red.
Bigger, but still not red.
Gran Canaria has a lot of
medium sized plants along the roads, in gardens and parks.
Almost dormant tree on
Lanzarote.
A tree on Fuerteventura. |
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