Species · genus Dracaena · Asparagaceae

Dragon's Blood Tree

Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C.Chen

Also known as: Dragon Blood Tree · Chinese Dragon's Blood Tree

Growth habit

shrub or tree

Reference · D. cochinchinensis

Cultivars of D. cochinchinensis

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No named cultivars catalogued under D. cochinchinensis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Dracaena cochinchinensis is a woody shrub or tree in the Asparagaceae family, a habit that points to a slow-growing plant tolerant of dry spells and prone to rot if kept soggy. Give it bright indirect light and a free-draining mix, and water only when the top inch or two of soil has dried out. Let it lean toward the dry side rather than staying wet.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

16–30 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining mix with sand and perlite

Propagation

Cane cuttings rooted in a warm, moist medium

Fertilizing

Light balanced feed monthly during the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Very rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Saponins — vomiting (occasionally with blood), depression, anorexia, drooling. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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