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

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2023
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Комментарии • 299

  • @pracitus
    @pracitus 5 месяцев назад +280

    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 5 месяцев назад +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 5 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @Bambisgf77
      @Bambisgf77 5 месяцев назад

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

    • @peccola2001
      @peccola2001 5 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @LJSims-ob3dv
      @LJSims-ob3dv 4 месяца назад

      Hotel del has one I think

  • @SuperWowOMG123
    @SuperWowOMG123 5 месяцев назад +150

    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 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @75percent2infinity5
      @75percent2infinity5 4 месяца назад

      Reminded me of eucalyptus with the red antibicrobial sap

  • @earlyej3008
    @earlyej3008 4 месяца назад +19

    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.

  • @danielm5535
    @danielm5535 5 месяцев назад +80

    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 месяца назад

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

  • @vbun4662
    @vbun4662 5 месяцев назад +20

    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 3 месяца назад

      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 5 месяцев назад +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.

  • @josegalan1544
    @josegalan1544 5 месяцев назад +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 5 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @josegalan1544
      @josegalan1544 5 месяцев назад +1

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

    •  5 месяцев назад +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 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @ragnarx88
    @ragnarx88 5 месяцев назад +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 5 месяцев назад +6

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

  • @luke14946
    @luke14946 5 месяцев назад +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 5 месяцев назад +346

    I’ve never heard archipelago pronounced like that before.

    • @christinapark3167
      @christinapark3167 5 месяцев назад +42

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

    • @SomeplaceScary
      @SomeplaceScary 5 месяцев назад +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 месяцев назад +74

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

    • @dianefreeman7194
      @dianefreeman7194 5 месяцев назад +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 месяцев назад +32

      Both pronunciations are valid according to Merriam-Webster

  • @blessedbeauty2293
    @blessedbeauty2293 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @sizanogreen9900
    @sizanogreen9900 5 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @andrewmill5564
    @andrewmill5564 4 месяца назад +1

    1:35 looks like something out of a dream.

  • @papacheese8962
    @papacheese8962 5 месяцев назад +2

    YOOOO ITS THE TREE VFROM ULTRAKILL

  • @kimbratton9620
    @kimbratton9620 5 месяцев назад +7

    What an amazing tree!

  • @Sunflowersarepretty
    @Sunflowersarepretty 5 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @TheBlackDeck
    @TheBlackDeck 5 месяцев назад +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 5 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @Mysteri0usMem0
      @Mysteri0usMem0 5 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @TheBlackDeck
      @TheBlackDeck 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@Mysteri0usMem0 thats cool af

    • @PaulTurner-yb6ih
      @PaulTurner-yb6ih 5 месяцев назад

      Tell me your a Nerd without telling me your a Nerd

    • @jackolson9845
      @jackolson9845 5 месяцев назад

      *its. Ik I hate English too.

  • @Jeffyisaninterestingguy
    @Jeffyisaninterestingguy 4 месяца назад +3

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

    • @CommissarChaotic
      @CommissarChaotic 4 месяца назад

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

  • @Rick_Sanchez_Jr.
    @Rick_Sanchez_Jr. 3 дня назад +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.

  • @c-ptsd46
    @c-ptsd46 4 месяца назад

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

  • @lacygorman9154
    @lacygorman9154 4 месяца назад +2

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

    • @deequi77
      @deequi77 2 месяца назад

      Where can I buy a genuine one thanks

  • @Auryce
    @Auryce 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @munchiis2486
    @munchiis2486 8 дней назад

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

  • @bashaarabdul-baki3121
    @bashaarabdul-baki3121 5 месяцев назад +1

    This is one channel I have never regretted subscribing to.

  • @thymelessness
    @thymelessness 5 месяцев назад +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

  • @sparkyswearsalot
    @sparkyswearsalot 5 месяцев назад

    One of my bucket list things to see.

  • @fredoflih7373
    @fredoflih7373 5 месяцев назад +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.

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- 5 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @safaiaryu12
    @safaiaryu12 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @DataRew
    @DataRew 5 месяцев назад +6

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

  • @esimm595
    @esimm595 5 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @MyrddinREmrys
    @MyrddinREmrys 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @crimsonfirelily
    @crimsonfirelily 5 месяцев назад +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 месяцев назад

      Nature can be weird sometimes. But also fascinating!

  • @BuildinWings
    @BuildinWings 5 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @falcolf
    @falcolf 2 месяца назад

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

  • @tonydeluna8095
    @tonydeluna8095 5 месяцев назад +4

    I love this tree. It is so beautiful

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @Treelia
    @Treelia 2 месяца назад

    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😢

  • @thomascircle245
    @thomascircle245 5 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @ErdingerLi
    @ErdingerLi 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @orawal
    @orawal 5 месяцев назад

    Bloopers were hilarious 😄

  • @Cleeon
    @Cleeon 4 месяца назад

    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

  • @samhaines8228
    @samhaines8228 5 месяцев назад +1

    By its appearance it seems to have powers...

  • @raynkeiko4222
    @raynkeiko4222 5 месяцев назад

    Keep up the work.

  • @orbweaver9750
    @orbweaver9750 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @rafaelcalderabebber1198
    @rafaelcalderabebber1198 5 месяцев назад

    Really cool plants

  • @kyempelotenia7606
    @kyempelotenia7606 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @KingsleyIII
    @KingsleyIII 4 месяца назад +1

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

  • @Primordial_Radiance
    @Primordial_Radiance 5 месяцев назад +1

    This tree is where you get healing potions from.

  • @qfurgie
    @qfurgie 4 месяца назад +1

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

  • @LENZ5369
    @LENZ5369 5 месяцев назад +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.

  • @VigilTheProtogen
    @VigilTheProtogen 5 месяцев назад

    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

  • @lauxmyth
    @lauxmyth 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @6852660
    @6852660 5 месяцев назад

    Please talk about phantom orchids next!

  • @benrodir2
    @benrodir2 5 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @yland6003
    @yland6003 5 месяцев назад

    Would love a video on Adenium Obesum!

  • @danielcoburn9935
    @danielcoburn9935 2 месяца назад

    Well done

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl2124 5 месяцев назад

    That is an extremely metal name for a tree.

  • @DigitalDuelist
    @DigitalDuelist 3 месяца назад

    Going to grow some in NV and test them

  • @pensmith
    @pensmith 5 месяцев назад

    Literally nature's HP potion.

  • @LoneHowler
    @LoneHowler Месяц назад

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

  • @alycsandrianah
    @alycsandrianah 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @wrizz0j
    @wrizz0j 4 месяца назад

    Lil baddie doing this interview a myth and legend too 😅

  • @Ayquehambre
    @Ayquehambre 4 месяца назад

    😢 in my bucket list to visit since 2008

  • @daisoelderdragon9264
    @daisoelderdragon9264 5 месяцев назад

    Facinating

  • @Wojtek-420
    @Wojtek-420 4 месяца назад

    And the search for seeds begins.

  • @hugh_jasso
    @hugh_jasso 4 месяца назад

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

  • @justicierodelaliga
    @justicierodelaliga 5 месяцев назад

    Please, a video about Sawgrass.

  • @anthonycampos7417
    @anthonycampos7417 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @Hansulf
    @Hansulf 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @vantablacc3264
    @vantablacc3264 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @Aethgeir
    @Aethgeir 4 месяца назад

    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.

  • @Aettaro
    @Aettaro 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @Kirasuva
    @Kirasuva 5 месяцев назад +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 5 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @Axoleah
    @Axoleah 4 месяца назад +1

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

  • @romeufrancisco7041
    @romeufrancisco7041 4 месяца назад

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

  • @justmehere_
    @justmehere_ 4 месяца назад

    they look like yu from the boxer, the red sap adds to it!

  • @anthonybanks4434
    @anthonybanks4434 4 месяца назад

    Ar-ka-pel-ago! Makes me wonder are you pronouncing the other words correctly. Cause your killing me Smalls! Ar-cha-pel-ago? Lol

  •  5 месяцев назад

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

  • @LABusDiaries
    @LABusDiaries 5 месяцев назад

    They have those in Los Angeles !!

  • @kimberlykillebrew5704
    @kimberlykillebrew5704 4 месяца назад

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

  • @vincentx2850
    @vincentx2850 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @Human_01
    @Human_01 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @Gam3Junkie7
    @Gam3Junkie7 5 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @Sinknight212
    @Sinknight212 5 месяцев назад

    I want a bonsai version of these

  • @FrankenXANA
    @FrankenXANA 5 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @austinjohnson6642
      @austinjohnson6642 4 месяца назад

      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

  • @imnotsue_videos
    @imnotsue_videos 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @XSemperIdem5
    @XSemperIdem5 4 месяца назад

    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.

  • @detectivemimikyu3007
    @detectivemimikyu3007 5 месяцев назад

    This means that there could be a Pokemon professor named Dragon Blood

  • @andrewsun4385
    @andrewsun4385 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing❤❤

  • @ElliotNesterman
    @ElliotNesterman 5 месяцев назад +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.

  • @jjhggdcqz
    @jjhggdcqz 5 месяцев назад

    Can you make a video about cacao?

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 5 месяцев назад +1

    I want a small one for a bonsai.

  • @robinhoffeld7584
    @robinhoffeld7584 2 месяца назад

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

  • @StevenLightning
    @StevenLightning 5 месяцев назад

    4:35 Looking at all these mushroom-shaped trees spread across the scenery here makes me think of Mario.

    • @saraross8396
      @saraross8396 5 месяцев назад

      I have a feeling that they were the inspiration for certain trees in Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

  • @AnimeShinigami13
    @AnimeShinigami13 4 месяца назад

    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!

  • @althechicken9597
    @althechicken9597 5 месяцев назад

    How does one go about growing these. I think they could trive in my climate, and i have the sudden desire to make a small forest.

  • @dragonchick12
    @dragonchick12 4 месяца назад

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

  • @sideeggunnecessary
    @sideeggunnecessary 5 месяцев назад +1

    All trees bleed. Canadians go bananas for tree blood. 😂