Dragon's Blood Tree ( Dracaena cinnabari ): A Cenozoic Relict

Sanjay Saraf

A chapter in Endangered Species - Present Status from IntechOpen

Abstract: The Dragon's blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari) woodland is one of the oldest surviving endangered forest communities on Earth. This unique endemic species of Dragon's blood tree is famous since antiquity for its bright red resin "Dragon's blood" and umbrella-shaped canopy. They are almost extinct everywhere except present as small habitats in Socotra Archipelago (Yemen), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the last two decades, there has been a significant decline in Dragon's blood tree population in the archipelago, posing a threat to its existence. We attempt to review the status of Dragon's blood tree population in Socotra Archipelago, factors affecting its survival, and the status of conservation efforts propose recommendations to preserve this flagship species.

Keywords: Dracaena cinnabari; Dragon's blood tree; Socotra Island; biodiversity; vulnerable; endemism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/87893 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ito:pchaps:314627

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.112282

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Chapters from IntechOpen
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Slobodan Momcilovic (ai@intechopen.com).