A tropical plant with long, slender, often striped leaves, commonly grown as an indoor ornamental plant.
From Modern Latin, from Greek 'drakaina' meaning 'female dragon', referring to the resinous sap or the dragon-like appearance of some species. The Dragon's Blood tree is the most famous species.
Dracaena got its mythical name because one species produces a blood-red resin called dragon's blood, which was so valuable in medieval times that it was worth more than gold by weight.
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