Cordyline murchisoniae F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Cordyline

Characteristics

Shrub less than 1 m high, often single-stemmed. Leaves 10–15 cm long, rarely to 18 cm, 3–5 cm wide; lamina abruptly contracted into a petiole 4–6 cm long and grooved above. Panicles to 16 cm long; scape c. 8 cm long; pedicels 3–5 mm long. Sepals and petals equal, 7–9 mm long, glabrous. Fruit c. 1 cm diam., red.
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A shrub. It grows 1 m tall. The leaves clasp the stem. The leaves are short and wide. The flowers are white to mauve and have 6 petals. They are at the top of the stem. The fruit are round red berries. They are 2 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Grows in rainforest, often rather dry, and adjacent open forest.
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in rainforest.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

The underground stem is eaten.
Uses -
Edible rhizomes
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Cordyline murchisoniae unspecified picture

Distribution

Cordyline murchisoniae world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533619-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764280
COL ID 6B272
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Terminalis murchisoniae Cordyline haageana Cordyline murchisoniae