La Croix, I. (2010) Dracaenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) 13-35
Description of the genus
Trees (in ours), shrubs or herbs. Leaves spirally arranged, crowded (in ours) in apical rosettes. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers whitish, fragrant, nocturnal. Perianth tubular; lobes, 6, recurved. Fruit a spherical or lobed, orange-scarlet berry. Seeds 1-3, rounded, bony.
Worldwide: 60 species in the tropical Old World extending to Canary Is, 1 in Central America and 1 in Cuba