Asparagaceae
Dragon tree
Dracaena draco
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dracaena
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Common names
By language (41)
- Arabic
- أيدع تنيني
- arz
- ايدع تنينى
- Asturian
- Dragu
- Azerbaijani
- Ədəm ağacı
- Basque
- Drago
- Bulgarian
- Канарско драконово дърво
- Chinese
- 加那利龍血樹, 加那利龙血树, 龍血樹, 龙血树
- Czech
- Dračinec dračí
- Danish
- Drageblodstræ
- Dutch
- Drakenbloedboom, Drakebloedboom
- English
- Dragon tree, Dragontree, Canary island dragon tree, Dragon blood tree
- Esperanto
- Drakarbo
- Finnish
- Kanariantraakkipuu
- French
- Dragonnier des Canaries, Dragonnier commun
- frr
- Kanaarisk draagbuum
- Galician
- Drago
- Georgian
- Დრაკონის ხე
- German
- Drachenbäume, Kanarischer Drachenbaum
- Hebrew
- דרקונית קנרית
- hsb
- Kanariski płon
- Hungarian
- Kanári sárkányfa
- Italian
- Albero del drago, Dracena
- Japanese
- リュウケツジュ, 竜血樹, 麒麟血, 龍血樹
- kaa
- Aydarha teregi
- Korean
- 용혈수
- Macedonian
- Змејско дрво
- Malayalam
- ഡ്രാഗൺസ് ബ്ലഡ് ട്രീ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Draketre, Dragetre
- Persian
- درخت اژدهای جزایر قناری
- Polish
- Dracena smocza, Drzewo smocze, Smokowiec
- Portuguese
- Dragoeiro, Sangue-de-dragão
- Romanian
- Dragonier
- Russian
- Драконово дерево, Драконник, Драцена драконовая
- Slovenian
- Navadna zmajevka
- Spanish
- Drago De Canarias, Drago, Sangre De Drago, Arbol de la sangre de drago, Arbol del drago, Arbol Gerion, Drago canario, Drago de Africa
- Swedish
- Drakblodsträd
- Tajik
- Андам
- Tamil
- மிகவும் வயதான மரம்
- Turkish
- Ejder ağacı
- Ukrainian
- Драконове дерево
- Uzbek
- Ajdar daraxti
Synonyms
- Asparagus draco L.
- Dracaena draco var. angustifolia Schult.
- Dracaena draco var. laxifolia Hayne
- Dracaena draco var. pendulifolia Hayne
- Dracaena draco var. strictifolia Hayne
- Dracaena resinifera Salisb.
- Draco arbor Garsault
- Draco draco (L.) Linding.
- Draco dragonalis Crantz
- Drakaina draco (L.) Raf.
- Palma draco (L.) Mill.
- Stoerkia draco (L.) Crantz
- Yucca draco (L.) Carrière
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ina Siebert, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alejandro Castro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jonathan Hughes, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dóra Váli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jean-claude.bolay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.