Cordyline petiolaris (Domin) Pedley

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Cordyline

Characteristics

Shrub to 5 m high, often sprawling and branched. Leaves 45–85 cm long, 6–15 cm wide, or larger; lamina often bent downwards about the middle and irregularly frayed at the tip, narrowed into inrolled petiole, 30–50 cm long. Panicles c. 30 cm long; scape 30–50 cm long, becoming pendulous; flowers subsessile. Sepals and petals equal, 6–7.5 mm long, glabrous. Fruit 0.7–1 cm diam., red.
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A slender plant. It grows 1.5-5 m high and spreads 1-2.2 m wide. The stems can form clumps. The stems are woody and fibrous. The leaves are broad. They are sword shaped and 60 cm long. They are on 25 cm long rolled leaf stalks. The flowers are purple and hang in strings. The fruit are shiny bright red berries.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 2.2
Mature height (meter) 3.25 - 5.0
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Environment

It grows in temperate to tropical places. It needs well drained soil. It is best with light shade. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.
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Grows in rainforest and wet eucalypt forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible fruits rhizomes roots
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Cultivation

The fruit can be planted or the flesh removed then the seeds planted. Seeds usually germinate in 2-4 weeks. Plants can also be grown from stem cuttings or division of the root.
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Images

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Distribution

Cordyline petiolaris world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Cordyline petiolaris threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942666-1
WFO ID wfo-0000764289
COL ID 6B28F
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Synonyms

Cordyline petiolaris Cordyline terminalis var. petiolaris