Dracaena Dragon Tree - Dubious or Delicious? (forum)

Linton starts with ...
I read in a few places that the fruit of the Canary Dragon Tree, Dracaena draco, are edible.

When driving around, have noticed that a number of these trees around town are fruiting profusely at the moment. However I am still dubious if the fruit are can be eaten or not as there seems to be little information, so would be pleased to receive confirmation of this.

Someone in the Canary Islands said that they taste like tomatoes. So I did nibble on one a little just to get the taste and the fleshy pulp definitely had a strong tomatoey flavour. Probably they had more like a cooked tomato flavour or sweet and savoury tomato relish, but very, very tomatoish. So please let me know if you have any factual information.

Thanks in advance.
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Time: 2nd May 2017 7:57pm

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Linton says...
Having been further ruminating about the Dragon's Blood fruit, I discovered an excerpt from a herbal site about their history and where the taste was described as exquisite:


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Time: 11th May 2017 6:25pm

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Roj says...
Hi Linton,

What was the outcome?
Have you been eating dracena draco berries without side effects?

Half the internet says they are safe to eat, the other half says they are poisonous!

Thanks.

Time: 11th January 2025 8:44am

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