Our specimens are unique in the world.
• Dracaena, Greek Drakaina = female dragon or serpent, referring to the red sap in the manner of "dragon's blood. " Draco,
the Latin Dragon.
• The classification is Reino, Plantae; División, Magnoliophyta; Clase, Liliopsida; Orden, Asparagales; Familia,
Ruscaceae; Género, Dracaena; Especie, Dracaena draco
• Has a slow growth, may take 10 years to grow 1 meter
• One size, smooth in youth, but becoming wrinkled with age
• As the palm trees, the dragon is not a tree, having no woody stem, causing difficulties in the dating of the specimens
• No growth rings present, its age is estimated by the number of rows of branches.
• The branches apears after the first flowering, approximately every 15 years.
• The tree is topped by a dense umbrella-shaped crown with thick leathery leaves of gray-green to glaucous
• Fleshy fruits, 1 to 1.5 cm, and they are round and orange
• Suitable for both indoors and outdoors
• Without doubt, one of the reasons why the dragon has risen to mythic status is the lymph, that is red, known as dragon's blood. Appreciated
since ancient Rome
• The estimate is based on the floral periods elapse every 15 years and every time it happens that, a split
occurred, so 5 x 15 = 75 years
Cylindrical tree trunk,
silvery-gray bark and cracked.
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Ramification thick and fleshy.
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Leaves spirally arranged,
gladden, leathery, pointed,
glaucous.
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Flared base and a reddish
color.
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The flowers appear in terminal
clusters and are white.
Inflorescence
Panicle
Flowers hermaphrodite,
actinomorphic, trimerous
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