They look completely out of this world.” It is, however, another endemic tree, the dragon’s blood, that’s come to symbolize Socotra, its distinctive shape even depicted on Yemen’s 20-rial ...

The Dragon Blood Tree, native to the remote Socotra Island in Yemen, is one of the rarest and most unique trees on Earth. With its striking umbrella-shaped canopy and deep red sap known as "dragon ...

Its most famous plant is the dragon's blood tree - so called because of its striking red sap - which can only be found on Socotra. The tree's striking looks are easily recognisable because it ...

The Socotra archipelago is one of the most ... Among these extraordinary species is the dragon’s blood tree (Dracaena ...

as well as the dragon's blood tree proved by Egyptians, greeks and romans. The first commercial flights, at the start of this century marked, for almost a couple of decades, the end of Socotra's ...