Dracaena surculosa Lindl.

Gold dust dracaena (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Dracaena

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 2.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 2.5
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

Primary and secondary forests; at elevations from around 500 metres to 1,600 metres.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Dracaena surculosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Dracaena surculosa world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534384-1
WFO ID wfo-0000765955
COL ID 37JYM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447698
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Dracaena surculosa Pleomele surculosa Dracaena godseffiana Draco surculosa

Lower taxons

Dracaena surculosa var. maculata Dracaena surculosa var. surculosa