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Dracaena cinnabari (Socotra dragontree)

Synonyms: Draco cinnabari (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dracaena cinnabari, the Socotra dragon tree or dragon blood tree, is a dragon tree native to the Socotra archipelago in the Arabian Sea. It is so called due to the red sap that the trees produce.
View Wikipedia Record: Dracaena cinnabari

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Dracaena cinnabari

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low

Predators

Diclavaspis socotrana[2]
Onychognathus frater (Socotra Starling)[3]
Pinnaspis dracaenae[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0