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Cordyline manners-suttoniae F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Cordyline

Characteristics

A tall shrub. It can grow to 5 m tall. It forms large clumps. The leaves are broad and sword shaped. They taper to the base and have a pointed tip. They are 30-90 cm long by 5-18 cm wide. The stalk rolls inwards. The flowers are white. They are 1-1.5 cm long. They are borne in panicles which have many branches and are 20-90 cm long. The fruit are red berries. These are crowded together and are 1 cm across.
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Erect shrub, sometimes branched, to 4 m high. Leaves 35–65 cm long, 6–12 cm wide, with widely spaced secondary veins, but not glaucous beneath; petiole grooved above, 12–30 cm long. Panicles to 25 cm long; scape to 35 cm long; pedicels 7–12 mm long. Sepals and petals equal, 10–12 mm long, glabrous. Fruit 1–1.5 cm diam., red.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows naturally in rainforests in Queensland in Australia. It needs a rich well-drained soil. It needs a shady protected position. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens.
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Grows in swamp forest and rainforest in poorly drained situations.
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Usage

The roots were eaten after processing.
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed, division of the rhizome or stem cuttings.
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Images

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Distribution

Cordyline manners-suttoniae world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Cordyline manners-suttoniae threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533612-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764272
COL ID 6B275
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Synonyms

Cordyline manners-suttoniae Cordyline terminalis var. manners-suttoniae
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