Dracaena draco L.
A stout much-branched tree to 10 m tall, or more, with a silvery-grey trunk. Leaves leathery, linear-lanceolate, dark grey-green, up to 1 m long, erect or recurved; in dense clusters at the ends of the branches. Flowers greenish-white, in large, dense terminal clusters. The fruit is a globose, red-orange berry up to 1.5 cm across.
Local: Common in Gibraltar where it is planted in Alameda Gardens, the Convent, and elsewhere, but also naturalised in various places on the Upper Rock, the North Gorge area, and the North Front talus.
Global: A native of the Canary Islands, Madeira and north Africa, it is often planted in parks and gardens throughout the Mediterranean region.
Flowers from (July) August to (September).
When cut, the trunk exudes a red gum known as dragon’s blood.