1109.000 Dracaena Vand. ex L.

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

Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
draco (L.) L.	Description, Image
ellenbeckiana Engl.
fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.	Description, Image
mannii Baker	Description, Image
steudneri Engl.	Description, Image

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