and the dark red sap of the dragon’s blood tree, used for healing and as an artist’s color. Adventurers came to harvest the island’s wealth, despite stories that it was guarded by giant ...

and the entire island chain is a registered Unesco World Heritage site. One of the most iconic of its native species is the blood dragon tree - a striking, umbrella-shaped tree with a thick trunk.

Just a pebble's throw from the sleek steel and concrete of Singapore's Marina Bay, the ... headed dragon. After the Greek mythical hero successfully killed it, dragon blood trees sprang up from ...