Dragon Blood Tree: One Of The Rarest Trees In The World

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  • Опубліковано 4 гру 2023
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 302

  • @pracitus
    @pracitus 6 місяців тому +284

    We have these trees here in the Canary Islands too, some of them are huge. There was one a century ago that was huge and even had a cave inside.

    • @ginapotoczek7664
      @ginapotoczek7664 6 місяців тому +6

      I have only DREAMED of seeing one in person....SOOOO COOL!!!😎💜👐🏻🤩 (♡My sister and I have been totally amazed by, and in love with, these trees for quite a few years now!) The tree you describe, with the cave in it, sounds absolutely incredible!!! Thanks for sharing👏🏼 and ☆Blessed Be☆

    • @Bambisgf77
      @Bambisgf77 6 місяців тому +5

      Living in the Canary Islands must be like living in paradise!! Thanks for sharing your experience. 💛
      A friend in SW Missouri 🇺🇸

    • @Bambisgf77
      @Bambisgf77 6 місяців тому

      Living in the Canary Islands must be like living in paradise!! Thanks for sharing your experience. 💛
      A friend in SW Missouri 🇺🇸

    • @peccola2001
      @peccola2001 5 місяців тому +4

      I have seen them both on Madeira and in Oman...

    • @LJSims-ob3dv
      @LJSims-ob3dv 5 місяців тому

      Hotel del has one I think

  • @SuperWowOMG123
    @SuperWowOMG123 6 місяців тому +151

    Wow, a gourd that looks like a Baobab and a Baobab is the world's largest succulent. I love learning from this channel!

    • @comfortablynumb9342
      @comfortablynumb9342 5 місяців тому +1

      Gourds are related to squash, those are very interesting looking.

    • @75percent2infinity5
      @75percent2infinity5 4 місяці тому

      Reminded me of eucalyptus with the red antibicrobial sap

  • @danielm5535
    @danielm5535 6 місяців тому +81

    At 1:35, you showed a picture of the Millennium Dragon Tree on Tenerife Island in the Canary Islands, a Dracaena Draco species, the oldest documented Dragon Tree on the Canaries.
    I actually got it tattooed on me when I visited the Canaries in October. As someone who works on violins, whose varnishes were believed to be partly dragonsblood (tl;dr: it’s not), I loved the idea of the unique tattoo. 😊

    • @Kurtlane
      @Kurtlane 4 місяці тому

      You are right. I see these trees occasionally here in Southern California. I have yet to see the Socotra Dragon tree.

  • @earlyej3008
    @earlyej3008 5 місяців тому +20

    I have one of these. I've kept it inside for over a year, and it's doubled in size. It's still super small, but it's really started to have major leaf growth in the past few weeks.

  • @vbun4662
    @vbun4662 6 місяців тому +21

    First time I remember seeing these trees was probably in a Nintendo game. The Zelda and Donkey Kong devs seem to really like Socotra and it's awesome plants lol.

    • @arlynnecumberbatch1056
      @arlynnecumberbatch1056 4 місяці тому

      Im currently playing in my better minecraft world with environments that have the same looking trees, no wonder its called dragon tree, though its purple and doesnt bleed

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 6 місяців тому +53

    I literally just heard of this tree, and I'm already amazed by it. It's beautiful, and the properties of it's sap are so cool. Thanks for teaching me something new.

  • @papacheese8962
    @papacheese8962 5 місяців тому +3

    YOOOO ITS THE TREE VFROM ULTRAKILL

  • @ragnarx88
    @ragnarx88 6 місяців тому +9

    Can we all agree ? All the Work it took, to make this nice short Documantary about Dragon Blood Trees... The Editor had the most fun here 😂

  • @amaras.4500
    @amaras.4500 6 місяців тому +6

    Ah yes those cool trees that show up in BotW and TotK :D

  • @josegalan1544
    @josegalan1544 6 місяців тому +40

    Great video! I am not an expert, but in the Canary Islands (atlantic north of Africa), I think we have a subspecies (Draco Palma Canariensis) of this tree in many places on the most mountainous island (Tenerife). We even have one that is nearly 1000 years old and measures almost 20 metres in height and perimeter (in fact, it appears in this video in minute 1:35). It is a great icon of our culture, it is said that the Romans travelled to this island to get the sap of this tree for its healing properties and the strength it gave them in battle! 🐉💪

    • @MyInfotainmentFix
      @MyInfotainmentFix 6 місяців тому +3

      Internet research (No expertise here) suggests that they are two distinct species but belonging to the same Genus.

    • @josegalan1544
      @josegalan1544 6 місяців тому +1

      @@MyInfotainmentFix interesting! They are so similar that even the canary species I am talking about appears in this video

    •  6 місяців тому +3

      According to Wikipedia, _Dracaena draco_ only has two or three subspecies (and none of them is named subsp. _canariensis_ ): _D. draco draco_ (the one native to the Canary Islands and possibly Madeira), _D. draco ajgal_ (native to the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco), and _D. draco caboverdeana_ (native to Cabo Verde).

    • @luke14946
      @luke14946 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@MyInfotainmentFixYes, Dracaena Draco, and Draceana Cinnabari are distinct species, not subspecies.

  • @andrewmill5564
    @andrewmill5564 4 місяці тому +1

    1:35 looks like something out of a dream.

  • @kimbratton9620
    @kimbratton9620 6 місяців тому +7

    What an amazing tree!

  • @luke14946
    @luke14946 5 місяців тому +7

    1:36 that's NOT a Socotran Dragon-Blood Tree, that's
    actually a very old and famous mature specimen of Draceana draco (aka "Canarian Dragon Tree") in Tenerife, It's one
    of the closest relatives to Draceana cinnabari (aka "Socotran Dragon-Blood Tree")

  • @shanerichins3532
    @shanerichins3532 6 місяців тому +354

    I’ve never heard archipelago pronounced like that before.

    • @christinapark3167
      @christinapark3167 5 місяців тому +43

      I'm American, and it's my first time hearing archipelago pronounced like that 😅

    • @SomeplaceScary
      @SomeplaceScary 5 місяців тому +22

      How do you usually hear it? I've heard it this way a lot and wasn't aware it was unusual.

    • @ladykayla7417
      @ladykayla7417 5 місяців тому +75

      @@SomeplaceScaryit’s pronounced with the “ch” as a “k” sound. “Arkapelago”, not “arch-apelago”.

    • @dianefreeman7194
      @dianefreeman7194 5 місяців тому +26

      I am American, 71 yo, and have ONLY heard it pronounced this way. Never heard it pronounced with a "k" sound.

    • @AceOfSpadesX
      @AceOfSpadesX 5 місяців тому +32

      Both pronunciations are valid according to Merriam-Webster

  • @Sunflowersarepretty
    @Sunflowersarepretty 6 місяців тому +7

    I found a tree that gets it period too. 😂 on a serious note : its an amazing tree. Our world is full of surprises!

  • @Jeffyisaninterestingguy
    @Jeffyisaninterestingguy 5 місяців тому +3

    all I have to say is, Suffering leaves Suffering leaves. And also cool tree and video.

    • @CommissarChaotic
      @CommissarChaotic 5 місяців тому

      My man! I immediately thought of that level and I was gonna comment the same!

  • @blessedbeauty2293
    @blessedbeauty2293 6 місяців тому +1

    - Finally you're back. Missed you girl!!. And I absolutely love this tree. Can't wait to watch

  • @TheBlackDeck
    @TheBlackDeck 6 місяців тому +91

    This is an amazing plant. I'd watch an hour long video talking about it and its history
    -e
    69 likes, nice.

    • @ericthompson3982
      @ericthompson3982 6 місяців тому +2

      I'd honestly watch an hour of Tasha talking about almost anything.

    • @Mysteri0usMem0
      @Mysteri0usMem0 6 місяців тому +1

      i have it growing in my home garden/forest! little still!!!

    • @TheBlackDeck
      @TheBlackDeck 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Mysteri0usMem0 thats cool af

    • @PaulTurner-yb6ih
      @PaulTurner-yb6ih 6 місяців тому

      Tell me your a Nerd without telling me your a Nerd

    • @jackolson9845
      @jackolson9845 6 місяців тому

      *its. Ik I hate English too.

  • @thymelessness
    @thymelessness 6 місяців тому +9

    Honestly, it’d be nice to learn about houseplants (like Monsteras, Philodendrons, or Anthuriums) in their natural habitat and compare them to their houseplant form

  • @lacygorman9154
    @lacygorman9154 5 місяців тому +2

    Dragons Blood resin is used for a lot of healing work. It smells like heaven. I use it a lot.

    • @deequi77
      @deequi77 2 місяці тому

      Where can I buy a genuine one thanks

  • @sizanogreen9900
    @sizanogreen9900 6 місяців тому +3

    Loved these since I first learned about them when I was little:)
    Socotra as a whole is underrated.

  • @bashaarabdul-baki3121
    @bashaarabdul-baki3121 6 місяців тому +1

    This is one channel I have never regretted subscribing to.

  • @tonydeluna8095
    @tonydeluna8095 6 місяців тому +4

    I love this tree. It is so beautiful

  • @Auryce
    @Auryce 6 місяців тому +1

    Sounds like an awesome inspiration for a legendary Grass/Dragon type Pokémon

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 6 місяців тому +1

    I first thought that it was the Dracaena as you can find on Ibiza or Teneriffa.

  • @samhaines8228
    @samhaines8228 6 місяців тому +1

    By its appearance it seems to have powers...

  • @esimm595
    @esimm595 5 місяців тому +2

    A closeup of the dragon tree leaves would have been nice.

  • @crimsonfirelily
    @crimsonfirelily 6 місяців тому +18

    Amazing video! I had no idea how awesome these trees were! I also didn't know they were related to so many other plants. A very cool upload. Thank you for this one especially! I always learn so much! 😁💜✌

    • @kelmirosue3251
      @kelmirosue3251 5 місяців тому

      Nature can be weird sometimes. But also fascinating!

  • @fredoflih7373
    @fredoflih7373 6 місяців тому +3

    Amazing video as usual !
    but in facts, socotra dragon trees are harvested for their sap only once a year (if it's rare, it's more expensive). The real problem is overgrazing, notably because of goats freely roaming without supervision.

  • @munchiis2486
    @munchiis2486 20 днів тому

    These are my favorite trees! I'm so happy to have found this video.🎉

  • @DataRew
    @DataRew 6 місяців тому +6

    ahhhhghg it's ARC-a-pel-i-go, not Arch-i-pel-i-go.

  • @c-ptsd46
    @c-ptsd46 5 місяців тому

    Love your presentations love your wit and humour, making people smile and laugh is a commodity in critical decline thankyou.

  • @sparkyswearsalot
    @sparkyswearsalot 6 місяців тому

    One of my bucket list things to see.

  • @Primordial_Radiance
    @Primordial_Radiance 6 місяців тому +1

    This tree is where you get healing potions from.

  • @MyrddinREmrys
    @MyrddinREmrys 5 місяців тому +1

    I wish I could grow one at home. Love 'em.!

  • @Rick_Sanchez_Jr.
    @Rick_Sanchez_Jr. 16 днів тому +1

    The sap of this tree has the highest ORAC score ever recorded. Supplements, ones that have a high ORAC score, scavenge free radical damage in your body. The reactive oxygen species you accumulate in your body are the cause of your deterioration and eventual loss of homeostasis (death). Dragon's blood sap has the highest known ORAC value of 2,897,110 giving it 6,000 times the antioxidant power of vitamin C, 800 times that of CoQ10, and 550 times that of vitamin E. Just as a comparison, Blueberries have an ORAC of 4,669 and turmeric 127,068. The second highest is Astaxanthin with an ORAC value of 2,822,200. Then again, if you take too many supplements, all of it has to be processed by the liver, so this is the only main danger that is possible, but even then, the benefits of taking the supplements usually outweigh any type of liver damage and you would have to take extreme doses of supplements outside of the regular dosage for it to start doing anything harmful to your liver.

  • @thomascircle245
    @thomascircle245 6 місяців тому +2

    Please do an episode on foxtails, AKA the most hated plants ever.

  • @falcolf
    @falcolf 3 місяці тому

    I love these, they're so cool looking!❤

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- 6 місяців тому

    They have the same growth habit and shape of some acacia trees in Africa. The almost flat top canopy is so iconic of African savannahs. It seems they are convergent in having the same shape.

  • @orawal
    @orawal 5 місяців тому

    Bloopers were hilarious 😄

  • @safaiaryu12
    @safaiaryu12 6 місяців тому

    Fascinating... I hope we can develop new medicines from what we're learning from that sap!

  • @BuildinWings
    @BuildinWings 6 місяців тому +3

    Love your videos. I REALLY want to see you guys do the Golden Eagle. It gets no love and it's amazing.

  • @LENZ5369
    @LENZ5369 6 місяців тому +1

    Just a couple general things for other viewers:
    'Cure alls' don't exist -it's a characteristic of many pre/non scientific treatments/beliefs.
    Successful antibiotic or anti-cancer reports can often be intentionally misleading; for example -bacteria/cells in a petri dish requires very specific and balanced conditions to survive and thrive, if you flood it with pretty much any substance; it will often kill/harm them.

  • @Cleeon
    @Cleeon 4 місяці тому

    I remember ever received about hundreds of its seed, but no one ever grow or luck, now from this video, i know that's a very rare specimen

  • @raynkeiko4222
    @raynkeiko4222 6 місяців тому

    Keep up the work.

  • @qfurgie
    @qfurgie 4 місяці тому +1

    nah those are everywhere in that one area in tears of the kingdom

  • @ErdingerLi
    @ErdingerLi 5 місяців тому +1

    They look like what would happen if a broccoli grows up to be a thousand years old 😂

  • @Treelia
    @Treelia 3 місяці тому

    I would like to watch more about other flora from this region! Seems pretty cool and would like to know before they all become myths and legend too😢

  • @orbweaver9750
    @orbweaver9750 6 місяців тому +1

    The outtakes really display just how much of a C H A O S being Tasha is lol.

  • @rafaelcalderabebber1198
    @rafaelcalderabebber1198 6 місяців тому

    Really cool plants

  • @VigilTheProtogen
    @VigilTheProtogen 6 місяців тому

    I wish I could have one for my local parks, doesn't seem like it could have any "invasive" threat, basically just a massive umbrella that yields medicine

  • @Kirasuva
    @Kirasuva 6 місяців тому +9

    Have you ever heard of madrone trees? I grew up in Northern California and loved them (even more than redwoods). They'd make a pretty interesting video.

    • @ginapotoczek7664
      @ginapotoczek7664 6 місяців тому +2

      👍🏾 Thanks for giving me and my sister another interesting sounding tree to study

  • @Wojtek-420
    @Wojtek-420 5 місяців тому

    And the search for seeds begins.

  • @KingsleyIII
    @KingsleyIII 5 місяців тому +1

    Someone call Dumbledore and see if he can find 12 uses for it.

  • @pensmith
    @pensmith 6 місяців тому

    Literally nature's HP potion.

  • @danielcoburn9935
    @danielcoburn9935 3 місяці тому

    Well done

  • @wrizz0j
    @wrizz0j 5 місяців тому

    Lil baddie doing this interview a myth and legend too 😅

  • @kyempelotenia7606
    @kyempelotenia7606 5 місяців тому

    My favorite tarantula of all is also found in the Socotra Archipelago. It is the Monocentropus Balfouri aka the Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula ❤

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl2124 6 місяців тому

    That is an extremely metal name for a tree.

  • @benrodir2
    @benrodir2 6 місяців тому

    they are actually a fast growing tree, not slow. Idk where you got info that they grow slow from, but we grow them all over southern and central California and they grow super fast. Not palm tree fast, but fast.

  • @Ayquehambre
    @Ayquehambre 5 місяців тому

    😢 in my bucket list to visit since 2008

  • @6852660
    @6852660 6 місяців тому

    Please talk about phantom orchids next!

  • @lauxmyth
    @lauxmyth 6 місяців тому

    Hmmm ... next adventure could be the tepuis of South America like Mount Roraima. Some wild climate and plants up there.

  • @DigitalDuelist
    @DigitalDuelist 3 місяці тому

    Going to grow some in NV and test them

  • @Human_01
    @Human_01 5 місяців тому

    I those dragon trees become common place, as the years go by.

  • @yland6003
    @yland6003 6 місяців тому

    Would love a video on Adenium Obesum!

  • @hugh_jasso
    @hugh_jasso 5 місяців тому

    It's the *Divine Tree* from "Evolution Begins With A Big Tree!" Manhwa ❤

  • @vantablacc3264
    @vantablacc3264 5 місяців тому

    Strangler figs would be a great topic for the next video.

  • @joshc441
    @joshc441 6 місяців тому +1

    Tasha the Amazon so fine 🥰🥰🥰

  • @LoneHowler
    @LoneHowler 2 місяці тому

    The first time i saw a picture of this tree was on a cover of one if Anne Macaffre's dragon rider books

  • @FrankenXANA
    @FrankenXANA 6 місяців тому +2

    Could you talk about the ginko tree sometime? It's one of my favorite living fossils.

    • @austinjohnson6642
      @austinjohnson6642 5 місяців тому

      As someone who grew up with them they're terrible and the fruit is so bad that even my pigs wouldn't go near it

  • @daisoelderdragon9264
    @daisoelderdragon9264 6 місяців тому

    Facinating

  • @justicierodelaliga
    @justicierodelaliga 6 місяців тому

    Please, a video about Sawgrass.

  • @ElliotNesterman
    @ElliotNesterman 6 місяців тому +2

    Tasha's videos are always interesting.
    But please check your pronunciation. In English archipelago is pronounced with a "k" sound _ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ,_ like archetype, archangel, archaeopteryx.

  • @Gam3Junkie7
    @Gam3Junkie7 6 місяців тому

    I wish Las Vegas would try to plant arid trees like this one instead of the water-thieving palm trees everywhere. It looks so beautiful and would handle our arid climate much better.

  • @Aethgeir
    @Aethgeir 4 місяці тому

    If their sap is so valuable, we should try cultivating these trees in other places. It may not be what environmentalists want to hear, but commercial viability is one of the surest ways to protect the species, and it could help take the strain off the local ecosystem.

  • @romeufrancisco7041
    @romeufrancisco7041 4 місяці тому

    There are also Dragon trees in the Azores, although they are not part of the original flora.

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 5 місяців тому +1

    I want a small one for a bonsai.

  • @imnotsue_videos
    @imnotsue_videos 6 місяців тому

    How about lupine flowers? I read books about those as a kid.

  • @robinhoffeld7584
    @robinhoffeld7584 2 місяці тому

    Lost me at millions of years old and evolved lol soon as I hear that I write it off

  •  6 місяців тому

    2:54 That’s a _Dracaena draco_ from the Canary Islands (not a _D. cinnabari_ ), though.

  • @andrewsun4385
    @andrewsun4385 6 місяців тому

    Amazing❤❤

  • @kimberlykillebrew5704
    @kimberlykillebrew5704 4 місяці тому

    REMINDS ME OF THE THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF HONEY. AS A NURSE I HAVE SEEN MEDICINAL HONEY HEAL A VARIETY OF WOUNDS!! AMAZING

  • @vincentx2850
    @vincentx2850 6 місяців тому

    Wonder if we can see an episode on liverwort, or maybe the seagrass

  • @LABusDiaries
    @LABusDiaries 5 місяців тому

    They have those in Los Angeles !!

  • @Hansulf
    @Hansulf 5 місяців тому

    Canary Island has a Dragon Blood tree too, also endemic but otherwise super similar

  • @alycsandrianah
    @alycsandrianah 6 місяців тому

    All of the shit mentioned here was sooo fucking cool. Thanks for another great video!!!!♡

  • @dragonchick12
    @dragonchick12 5 місяців тому

    Love this channel! But the Dorstenia you showed is D. foetida, not D. gigas

  • @Axoleah
    @Axoleah 5 місяців тому +1

    Wait you mean those weird looking mushroom trees in BOTW are real?

  • @Aettaro
    @Aettaro 6 місяців тому

    Not me thinking of using this as inspiration for how health potions came about.

  • @anthonycampos7417
    @anthonycampos7417 5 місяців тому

    Do a video on the Anchor plant (Colletia paradoxa) or monkey puzzle plant, plz

  • @jjhggdcqz
    @jjhggdcqz 6 місяців тому

    Can you make a video about cacao?

  • @Sinknight212
    @Sinknight212 5 місяців тому

    I want a bonsai version of these

  • @runtomusicallday
    @runtomusicallday 5 місяців тому

    Beautiful crop top

  • @XSemperIdem5
    @XSemperIdem5 4 місяці тому

    I'm so conflicted because I don't want the species to be over harvested to extinction but hearing about all those possible heaoth benefits and suffering from chronic health problems it might help me.

  • @sexgod6909
    @sexgod6909 4 місяці тому +1

    Bet the JEWS love it!!!

  • @derrickmcadoo3804
    @derrickmcadoo3804 6 місяців тому

    Never seen GOT, 0:01 but I like this tree stuff :)

  • @brendandarcy8188
    @brendandarcy8188 5 місяців тому

    As an Australian I've never heard that word before.

  • @AnimeShinigami13
    @AnimeShinigami13 5 місяців тому

    My FAVORITE perfume! Mom doesn't like it, she says its too intense. I have a dracaena marginata that was my mom's. She gave it to me when something started rotting it's trunk in the middle of a stalk. I turned the top half into a cutting, and now years later its nearly the same height it was when it had its near death experience! Mom has another species in the dracaena genus called a corn plant. And it has a very very sticky flower that smells a little like a hyacinth!

  • @jcnot9712
    @jcnot9712 6 місяців тому +1

    Something isn’t adding up. I grew up seeing trees that “bled” back in the Dominican Republic. I wonder if there are other species that have the same red sap but aren’t necessarily the dragon tree or if the dragon tree got brought to the caribbean at some point. Can’t find much on it on the web.