Dragon tree Dracaena draco is an endemic tree to Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde and Canary Islands. It is a special tree, one of the few coastal trees in Madeira, with a trunk resembling a palm tree that can reach 15 meters high and with its thick branches growing all from the same spot. Until its 10th year this species has no branches, it is just a thick stem with its long, narrow and blade shaped leaves. After it flowers for the first time it then starts to grow branches that continue to grow with every flowering period which is from August to October. Its panicle flowers are numerous, small and white-greenish colored.

Drangon trees were very common in Madeira and Porto Santo Island but it become extinct in Porto Santo and in Madeira the only wild specimens are the ones on the photo, in Ribeira Brava cliffs. But there are several planted Dragon trees in Gardens, especially in Funchal.

Its fruits are 1 cm diameter globed berries, yellow-orange, with a sweet taste, edible for birds and humans. The lifespan of Dracaena draco is not well define with some saying more than 1000 years but wit others objecting it. But one thing is certain, it lives more than 400 years. These trees were used for dyeing and for varnishing violins with its red, rubber-like resin.