Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dracaena draco (L.) L. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dracena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dragon tree	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
dragontree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
drakblodsträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sangue-de-dragão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asparagus draco L. in P.Loefling, Iter Hispan.: 303 (1758), nom. cons.
Dracaena boerhaavei Ten. Fl. Neapol. Prodr. App. 4: 34 (1823).
Dracaena draco var. angustifolia Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 337 (1829).
Dracaena draco subsp. draco
Dracaena draco var. laxifolia Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825).
Dracaena draco var. pendulifolia Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825).
Dracaena draco var. strictifolia Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 9: t. 2 (1825).
Dracaena resinifera Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 253 (1796), nom. superfl.
Dracaena yucciformis Vand. Fasc. Pl.: 12 (1771).
Draco arbor Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 90 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Draco clusii Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 13 (1768).
Draco draco (L.) Linding. Abh. Auslandsk., Reihe C, Naturwiss. 8: 309 (1926), not validly publ.
Draco dragonalis Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 14 (1768), nom. illeg.
Drakaina draco (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 17 (1838).
Oedera cranziana Berens Diss. Drac. Arb. Clus.: xlvii (1770).
Oedera dragonalis Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 30 (1768).
Palma draco (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 11 (1768).
Stoerkia cranziana Berens Diss. Drac. Arb. Clus.: xlvi (1770).
Stoerkia draco (L.) Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 25 (1768).
Yucca draco (L.) Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 8: 389 (1859).
Yucca draconis L. Amoen. Acad. 3: 407 (1756), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dracaena draco	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Dracaena draco (L.) L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dracaena draco L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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