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Dracaena stuckyi, synonym Sansevieria stuckyi, [1] is a species of succulent plant native to Africa including Mozambique, Tanzania, and southern Kenya. [1] It is a member of a group of related Dracaena including Dracaena angolensis and Dracaena pearsonii , that grow upright, cylindrical foliage and are native to dry biomes.
Dracaena steudneri. Dracaena sambiranensis (H.Perrier) Byng & Christenh. Dracaena sanderiana Mast. Dracaena sarawakensis (W.W.Sm.) Jankalski; Dracaena scabra Bos; Dracaena scimitariformis (D.J.Richards) Byng & Christenh. Dracaena senegambica (Baker) Byng & Christenh. Dracaena serpenta Byng & Christenh. Dracaena serrulata Baker; Dracaena siamica ...
The species grows up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall. The stem is commonly yellowish brown in color and is fibrous when young with prophylls often present. [2] Its leaves are arranged in whorls, petiole is present and up to 4 millimetres (0.16 in); leaves are ovate to obovate in outline, can reach up to 28 centimetres (11 in) long and 8 centimetres (3 in) wide, base is cuneate while apex is acuminate.
Dracaena americana reaches a typical maximum height of 12 meters with a multi-stem habit; newer stem growth exhibits leaf scars, whereas older growth exhibits an exfoliating bark. The bright green straplike leaves are soft, up to 35 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, and are borne along the length of the stems, rather than the tufted habit typical of ...
The stiff leaves of the Dracaena serrulata were an important source of fibre and rope. The large, stiff and spike-tipped leaves were cut or pulled from the trunk, and beaten with heavy clubs to loosen and crack open the rigid outer casing of the leaf. Then the leaves were taken to water and left to soak in it for some weeks.
Dracaena surculosa, called the gold dust dracaena and spotted dracaena, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to west and west-central tropical Africa, from Guinea to the Republic of the Congo. [2] [1] Its cultivar 'Florida Beauty' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3]
Dracaena aethiopica is a species of succulent plant widely distributed in Southern Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its binomial name— aethiopica —refers to its origins in Africa. [ 2 ] A highly variable species, it grows in desert or dry shrubland (like many in its genus) and spreads rhizomatically. [ 3 ]
Dracaena mannii Baker or small-leaved dragon tree, is a small to medium-sized tree, though recorded up to 30 m tall with stem to 2 m in diameter in Cameroon and Gabon.It occurs from Senegal to Angola along the African west coast, is widespread in tropical Africa and is found along the African east coast from Kenya to Kosi Bay in northern KwaZulu-Natal.