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Dracaena hyacinthoides (L.) Mabb.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Dracaena

Characteristics

A herb without a stem. It grows 60 cm tall. It has a rhizome. This is white to green and 2.5-3.8 cm thick. There are 4-5 leaves that spread and are broadly sword shaped and 30-60 cm long by 9-15 cm wide. The flowering shoots are 40-60 cm tall. The flowers are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fiber food material medicinal social use
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Hemolytic (unspecified), Lash (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 29
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Dracaena hyacinthoides world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Mozambique, Panama, Puerto Rico, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, United States of America, Viet Nam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77164234-1
WFO ID wfo-0001424423
COL ID 8WTV8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 636373
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Synonyms

Salmia guineensis Sansevieria fulvocincta Sansevieria grandis Sansevieria latifolia Pleomele aloifolia Veltheimia guineensis Acyntha thyrsiflora Aletris guineensis Aletris hyacinthoides Aloe hyacinthoides Salmia spicata Sansevieria angustiflora Sansevieria angustifolia Sansevieria guineensis Sansevieria laetevirens Sansevieria polyphylla Sansevieria rufocincta Sansevieria spicata Sanseverinia thyrsiflora Sansevieria hyacinthoides Sansevieria ceylonica Sansevieria thyrsiflora Sansevieria stenophylla Cordyline hyacinthoides Aloe guineensis Cordyline guineensis Dracaena hyacinthoides Acyntha guinensis Aloe guineensis Aloe hyacinthoides var. guineensis Aletris hyacinthoides var. guineensis Sansevieria grandis var. zuluensis
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