F25v - tentative identification of an animal / plant hybrid

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What I mean is that, supposing that the figure is really meant to be Dracaena, then the depiction of the leaves is fairly naturalistic. This means that the guy not only knew about Dracaena by hearsay but he knew what it really looks like - perhaps not in person but by some other manuscripts.

Of the Dracaena "dragon trees"You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and some of its close relatives are the ones that most nearly resemble plant 25v.


There are many plants with the word "dragon" in their names and some of them are in the old herbals quite frequently (e.g., dracontea), but they look different from 25v and are drawn differently from 25v.

I am not sure if Dracaena is in the old herbals as there are still a few plants (generic ones like this, with plain-looking leaf whorls) that no one has been able to identify.