Asparagaceae
Dragon's blood tree
Dracaena cinnabari
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dracaena
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- دم الأخوين, شجرة دم الأخوين, شجرة دم الاخوين
- arz
- دم الاخوين
- Azerbaijani
- Əjdaha qanı ağacı
- Breton
- Gwezenn gwad aerouant, Gwezenn-aerouant
- Bulgarian
- Драконово дърво
- Chinese
- 索科特拉龍血樹, 索科特拉龙血树
- Czech
- Dračinec rumělkový
- English
- Dragon's blood tree, Socotra dragontree
- Esperanto
- Sokotra draceno, Sokotora draceno
- Finnish
- Sokotrantraakkipuu
- French
- Dragonnier de Socotra
- Hebrew
- עץ דם הדרקון
- Hungarian
- Szokotrai sárkányfa
- Italian
- Albero del drago di Socotra
- Japanese
- ベニイロリュウケツジュ
- Lithuanian
- Drakono kraujamedis, Raudonoji dracena
- Macedonian
- Крваво змејско дрво
- Persian
- درخت خون اژدها
- Russian
- Драцена киноварно-красная, Сокотрово драконово дерево
- szy
- Dika a kilang
- Tamil
- சுகுத்திரா டிராகன் மரம்
- Ukrainian
- Сокотрійське драконове дерево
Synonyms
- Draco cinnabari (Balf.f.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- February (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Manuel Schwarz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Boris Khvostichenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.