Cordyline congesta (Sweet) Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Cordyline

Characteristics

Shrub, sparingly branched, to 3 m high. Leaves 30–40 cm long, 2–4 cm wide; lamina narrowed into a shallowly convex petiole 10–20 cm long; margins of petiole and lower half of leaf cartilaginous, irregularly dentate and rough. Panicles 20–35 cm long; scape 10–30 cm long; pedicels 0.5–1 mm long. Perianth glabrous; petals 8.5–10.5 mm long, 1–2 mm longer than sepals. Fruit 1–1.5 cm diam., orange-red.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows on margins of and in rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Cordyline congesta unspecified picture

Distribution

Cordyline congesta world distribution map, present in Australia and Brazil

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533559-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764222
COL ID YCT5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Charlwoodia congesta Charlwoodia fragrantissima Charlwoodia spectabilis Terminalis dracaenodes Cordyline angustifolia Cordyline odorata Cordyline rigidifolia Cordyline congesta Cordyline dracaenifolia Cordyline dracaenoides Cordyline spectabilis Charlwoodia rigidifolia Dracaena congesta Cordyline stricta var. angustifolia Cordyline stricta var. congesta Cordyline stricta var. rigidifolia