It started to be grown as an ornamental houseplant in Europe during the 19th century and became fairly common as well as popular among gardeners. It is used to make varnishes, stains, and wood polishes for violins and other musical instruments and furniture since the 1600s. It has been grown/cultivated by people for thousands of years, mainly for the red resin from the stems of some varieties called “dragon’s blood”, which was used in dyes, incense, and medicine. It is named after a Greek mythical female spirit dragon with human features, called Drakaina. The leaves are thin and deep green with red edges, reaching 35 inches long and 3 inches wide that narrow to a point. It comes in several variations of leaf sizes and colors and trunk types. Dracaena marginata also called Dragon tree, is a hardy popular tropical house plant indigenous to Madagascar.
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