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There are more than 150 species of Dracaena, which are produced in tropical areas of the Eastern Hemisphere. About 8 species are produced in China. It is recognized that the resource plant of domestic dragon's blood is dragon's blood tree. The editor below will introduce to you several types of dragon blood trees in my country.
Sword Leaf Dragon Blood Tree
Sword-leaf dragon's blood tree
Sword-leaf dragon's blood tree is also known as the Cambodian dragon's blood tree.
Dracaena is an evergreen tree-like plant with a stem height of 5-15 meters. The stem is thick and has many branches. The bark is gray-white and smooth. The bark of the old trunk is gray-brown and peels off in sheets. The young branches have ring-shaped leaf marks. The leaves are gathered at the tops of stems, branches or twigs, intertwined with each other, sword-shaped, thin leathery, 50-00 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, narrowing slightly towards the base and then expanding, holding the stem, without a stalk.
This species often overflows a small amount of reddish-brown sap at the base of leaves and injured areas on stems and branches. The inflorescence axis is densely covered with papillary pubescence, making it easy to identify.
Hainan Dragon Blood Tree
Hainan Dracaena, also known as the small-flowered Dracaena, is a member of the Liliaceae family, tree-shaped, 3 to 4m high, with unbranched or branched stems, gray-brown bark, and dense rings on the young branches. Leaf scars. The leaves are gathered at the tops of stems and branches, almost overlapping each other, sword-shaped, thinly leathery, up to 70 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, narrowing slightly toward the base and then expanding, holding the stem, without a stalk.
Distributed in southwestern Hainan, growing on dry sandy soil in leeward areas, and also distributed in Vietnam and Cambodia. National second-level protected endangered species.
Dwarf Dragon Blood Tree
Small shrub-like, less than 1 meter tall, with thick roots. The stems are unbranched or sometimes slightly branched, with sparse annular leaf marks. The leaves are born on the upper part or top of the stem, at a certain distance from each other, oval or oval-lanceolate, 20-30 cm long, 6-8 cm wide, with a slightly obvious midrib, a stalk, and the stalk is 3-6 cm long.
The racemes are terminal, about 15 cm long; flowers are borne every 1-3, and are recorded to be about 2 cm long; the pedicel is 3-4 mm long, with the joint at the upper part. The berries are 10-13 mm in diameter and have 1-3 seeds. The flowering period is unknown, but the fruiting period is August.
Produced in southern Yunnan. Born under the dense forest at an altitude of 1050 meters. Also distributed in Bangladesh, India and Malaysia.
Long Flowering Dragon Blood Tree
Shrub-like, 1-3 meters high. The stem is unbranched or slightly branched, with sparse annular leaf marks and gray skin. The leaves are born at the upper part of the stem or near the top, at a certain distance from each other. They are oblanceolate in shape, 20-30 (-45) cm long and 1.5-3 (-5.5) cm wide. The midrib is obvious below the middle and gradually narrows at the base. In the shape of a handle, sometimes with an obvious handle, the handle is 2-6 cm long.
Produced in Guangdong (Hainan Island), Taiwan (Kaohsiung, Tainan) and Yunnan (Hekou). Grows in forests at lower altitudes or on dry sandy soil under shrubs. Widely distributed in Southeast Asia.
Thin-branched Dragon Blood Tree
Large shrub-like, high1-5m. The stems often have many branches, the branches are thin, and have sparse annular leaf marks. The leaves are born on the upper part of the branches or near the top, at a certain distance from each other, narrowly oval-lanceolate or strip-lanceolate, long10-15cm, width2-3cm or wider, with obvious midrib, stalk, and long stalk1cm.
The panicle is born at the top of the branch, is shorter, and is less than 10 cm long; The flowers are usually solitary, and it has been recorded that the length can reach 2.2 cm; The pedicel is 1 cm long and the joint is located at the upper part.
Produced in southern Guangxi and distributed in Southeast Asia, from Vietnam to Indonesia.
Hainan Dragon Blood Tree
Dwarf Dracaena
Long-flowered dracaena
Twiggy Dracaena
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