- Family : AGAVACEAE
(Agave Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : RAJANIGANDHA FAMILY (रजनीगंधा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
- Synonym(s) : Draco elliptica (Thunb. & Dalm.) Kuntze; Pleomele elliptica (Thunb. & Dalm.) N.E.Br.; Calodracon sieboldii Planch.; Cordyline atropurpurea (Roxb.) Planch.; Cordyline maculata (Roxb.) Planch.; Cordyline sieboldii Planch.; Cordyline sieboldii var. maculata Planch.; Dracaena atropurpurea Roxb.; Dracaena atropurpurea var. gracilis (Baker) Baker; Dracaena atropurpurea var. griffithii (Regel) Baker; Dracaena aurantiaca (Baker) Wall. ex Hook.f.; Dracaena elliptica var. gracilis Baker; Dracaena elliptica var. maculata (Roxb.) Hook.f.; Dracaena elliptica maculata (Roxb.) John Edwards; Dracaena gracilis (Baker) Wall. ex Hook.f.; Dracaena griffithii Regel; Dracaena helferiana Wall. ex Kurz; Dracaena javanica (Blume) Kunth; Dracaena javanica var. maculata (Planch.) K.Koch; Dracaena maculata Roxb.; Dracaena maingayi Hook.f.; Dracaena nigra var. maculata (Planch.) Regel; Dracaena petiolata Hook.f.; Dracaena sieboldii Planch.; Dracaena spicata var. aurantiaca Baker; Dracaena terniflora var. heyneana Hook.f.; Draco atropurpurea (Roxb.) Kuntze; Pleomele atropurpurea (Roxb.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele aurantiaca (Baker) N.E.Br.; Pleomele gracilis (Baker) N.E.Br.; Pleomele griffithii (Regel) N.E.Br.; Pleomele helferiana (Wall. ex Kurz) N.E.Br.; Pleomele maingayi (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele petiolata (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele reflexa var. heyneana (Hook.f.) M.R.Almeida; Pleomele terniflora (Roxb.) Merr.; Sansevieria javanica Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dracaena elliptica Thunb. & Dalm.
- Vernacular name :
- Rakthakhai (Oria)
- Manjakkantha (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Shaded places of, Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional in wild; Cultivated
- Flower, Fruit : April-October
- Collector(s) Name : Marclaich
- Collection Date : 16/03/1986
- Collection Nos : CES 393
- Collection Locality : Doddamane ghat, Uttara Kannada district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Khurda district, Puri district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India.
- http://e-monocot.org eMonocot. (2010, 1st November). Retrieved Wednesday, 8th February, 2012, from http://e-monocot.org.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 193
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dracaena terniflora. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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