This tree was discovered by Professor Issac Bayley Balfour in 1880. This tree is shaped like an umbrella with leaves growing on its tops. However, the form is difficult to work for the life of this tree. The added leaves can reduce the filling process and help this tree to survive in areas where the temperature is very hot
This dragon blood tree grows in dry areas and can reach more than 300 years. This Socotra dragon blood tree is still brothers with Dracaena draco from the Canary Islands, Spain. In its place of origin, Dracaena draco or also called the dragon blood tree is also one of the trees called the blood tree because this tree is red. This sap is called dragon blood. Dragon's blood is very useful for medicines, dyes, sweeteners and fragrances. In addition, for local people today in concrete as toothpaste, bath soap, glue, and coloring materials. Getalh can also be used as a digestive medicine, diarrhea, fever, respiratory problems, and sore throat.
The Dragon Tree ranks among the most interesting and eye-catching plants. In cooler and medium warm climates these are popular like houseplants only.
The leathery, sword-shaped leaves are green. Grows very slowly and in 10 years reaches 1 m.
Dragon Tree is insensible against heat and air dryness. For this reason is perfect for central-heated rooms and winter gardens.
This species has an exceptional Longevity. There was in the garden of the maison Franchi in La Orotava in Tenerife a 5000 years old dragon tree which was destroyed by a hurricane in 1868. The age of this tree is today estimated at 600 years only. In 1996, a small wild population was rediscovered in the Moroccan High Atlas, near Agadir (Dracaena draco subsp. ajgal).
dragon tree does best in a bright spot, but will tolerate low-light conditions so you can grow it practically anywhere. In such low-light spots, you may see it lose the red or pink coloring on leaf edges and it will grow more slowly (and also require less water).
As the common name suggests, this tree fits at home with the movie set of Dracula, or possibly Jurassic Park. The very distinctive flat topped and regularly arranged swollen branches of this tree make it a strikingly different specimen.
