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Dracaena draco - Habit of young tree - Click to enlarge!

Habit of young tree; Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain; 12/2005 © Jan Grenz

Dracaena draco - Habit of old tree ( - Click to enlarge!

Habit of old tree (; Icod, Tenerife, Spain; 12/2005 © Jan Grenz

Dracaena draco - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dracaena draco - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dracaena draco - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dracaena draco - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 423
Date of entry: 26.09.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Dragontree

German: Drachenbaum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2713)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Liliales (111)

        Family: Ruscaceae (3)(family description)

          Genus: Dracaena (2)

            Epithet: draco L. (1)

draco => lat. for snake or dragon, in reference to the blood-red sap

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

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