The Dragon Tree / Dracaena cinnabari
The Dragon blood tree is the most famous and distinctive plant of the island of Socotra. It has a unique and strange appearance, described as “upturned, densely-packed crown having the shape of an upside-down umbrella”. This evergreen species is named after its dark red resin, that is known as “dragon’s blood”.—Wikipedia
Dance, Earth Day Festival, Alameda Park
I forgot my camera so I took the pictures at the end of the day.
A Monumental Fig Tree
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Rio Guzman's Journal 
This tree is often cited as having the largest trunk circumference in the world. Critics, for a long time thought, that it might actually represent the fused trunks of several different individuals. However, recent study of DNA samples from the tree using random amplified polymorphic DNA indicates that it is in fact a single individual (Dorado et al. 1996).
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Thanks for the info, Robert.
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