They look completely out of this world.” It is, however, another endemic tree, the dragon’s blood, that’s come to symbolize Socotra, its distinctive shape even depicted on Yemen’s 20-rial ...

I’m a lover of nature, especially trees. I’m always on the lookout for new books about trees and I’ve just discovered two ...

Frank Gardner / BBC Dragon's Blood Tree is known to Socotrans by its Arabic name, Damm Al-Akhwayn – Blood of Two Brothers. Endemic to the remote Haghir Mountains of Socotra, it is named after ...

Socotra is part of Yemen ... One of the most iconic of its native species is the blood dragon tree - a striking, umbrella-shaped tree with a thick trunk. Getty Images It gets its name from ...

Socotra Dragon Tree (Dracaena ... [+] cinnabari), endemic vegetation (Photo by DEA / C.DANI / I.JESKE/De Agostini via Getty Images) ...

However the Socotra Archipelago ... to having plants and wildlife that can’t be found anywhere else. A dragon blood tree is ...