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Canary Islands Dragon Tree (Dracaena Draco), Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife | Tenerife II (Teide national park, Taganana, Icod de los Vinos, Masca and Garachico) (IMG_2535.jpg)

Canary Islands Dragon Tree (Dracaena Draco), Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife

In Icod, close to the Church of San Marcos, stands a famous dragon tree (22 m high, lower trunk diameter 10 m, estimated weight 70 t), which is reputed to be a thousand years old (hence its local name, El Drago Milenario: the Thousand-Year-Old Dragon). While no study seems to have confirmed such longevity for the tree (dracos do not produce annual rings with which to tell their ages; the tree is more likely to have an age in the hundreds of years), it is the long-time symbol of Icod.
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