Dracaena terniflora Roxb.

 
  • 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 13 October 2024.

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