- Family : AGAVACEAE
(Agave Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : RAJANIGANDHA FAMILY (रजनीगंधा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
- Basionym : Terminalis angustifolia Medik.
- Synonym(s) : Cordyline fruticosa Göpp.; Cordyline rumphii Hook.; Dracaena angustifolia var. angustior (Ridl.) Jankalski; Dracaena angustifolia var. honoriae F.M.Bailey; Dracaena australasica (Ridl.) Jankalski; Dracaena ensiformis Wall. ex Voigt; Dracaena fruticosa Regel; Dracaena fruticosa (Blume) K.Koch; Dracaena menglaensis G.Z.Ye; Dracaena quitensis Baker; Draco angustifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze; Draco fruticosa (Blume) Kuntze; Pleomele angustifolia (Medik.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele angustifolia var. angustior Ridl.; Pleomele australasica Ridl.; Pleomele flexuosa (Blume) N.E.Br.; Pleomele fruticosa (Blume) N.E.Br.; Pleomele reflexa var. angustifolia (Medik.) M.R.Almeida; Sansevieria flexuosa Blume; Sansevieria fruticosa Blume; Pandanus inermis Blanco
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb.
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Forests and thicket, Rainforests, in areas near rivers and streams, growing in both primary and the more open secondary formations; Among hedge plants, along roads
- Key identification features : Stems thick, stout, erect, simple or forked; Leaves sessile with sheathing base, costate-waved, spreading or recurved; Flowers white or white with pink tip; Berries globose, 3-lobed, orange.
- Flower, Fruit : March-August
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri
- 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, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 237
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 261
- 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 angustifolia. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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