- Family:
- Asparagaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Dracaena Vand. ex L.
Dracaena draco (L.) L.

[FTEA]
Dracenaceae, Geoffrey Mwachala & Paul Mbugua, Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2007
- Morphology General Habit
- Profusely branched tree to 20 m tall
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves to 1.5 m long, 3–6 cm wide, sessile, ensiform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal, paniculate. Inflorescence branches 18–36 cm long; pedicels 7–12 mm long, articulated at the middle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth green, to 1 cm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit orange, 1-seeded
- Note
- Cultivated at Amani, and at the Village Market shopping centre in Nairobi. Exotic from the Canary Islands, grown as an ornamental on account of its unusual palm-like appearance. I have not seen any herbarium material from our area.
Native to:
Canary Is., Cape Verde, Morocco
Introduced into:
Azores, Madeira, New Zealand North
Dracaena draco (L.) L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2006 | Bourgeau, E. [231], Canary Is. | K000401116 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2006 | illegible [s.n.], Canary Is. | K000401120 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2006 | Trethewy, A.W. [141], Canary Is. | K000401119 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2006 | Bourgeau, E. [231], Canary Is. | K000401117 | No | ||
Feb 1, 1979 | Mandon, G. [245], Madeira | K000401122 | No | ||
Bourgeau, E. [1539], Canary Is. | K000401118 | No | |||
Lippold, J.F. [s.n.], Madeira | K000401123 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000523686 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000523687 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000523688 | No | |||
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] | K000523690 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000523689 | No | |||
Murray, R.P. [s.n.], Canary Is. | K000401121 | No | |||
Degener, O. [35852], Hawaii | K000402060 | No | |||
Lowe [s.n.], Cape Verde | K000203791 | No | |||
Greenway [958] | K000523685 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K000203792 | No |
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 246 (1767)
Accepted by
- Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
- Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1985). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 3. revised edition Sommerfeltia 1: 5-103.
- Mwachala, G. & Mbugua, P.K. (2007). Dracaenaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-43.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Marrero, Á. & Almeida Pérez, R.S. (2013). Las orquídeas en Cabo Verde y redescubrimiento de Eulophia guineensis Lindl. (Orchidaceae) en la isla de Brava Botánica Macaronésica 28: 63-70.
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