Synopsis
The dragon tree (Dracaena Draco) is the focus of a cultural-historical study tracing its botanical, economic, and iconographic significance from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. As an exotic symbol, it entered art, literature, and science. Its depiction in travel accounts, herbals, and religious scenes reflects Europe's fascination with the foreign. The tree became a bearer of myths, trade interests, and artistic imagination—an example of the global interweaving of nature and culture.

