Dracaena trifasciata (Prain) Mabb.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Dracaena

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.9-1.2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.2
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

Light 5-8
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses environmental use fiber material medicinal ornamental
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use Anti-infective agents (leaf), Diabetes mellitus (leaf), Earache (leaf), Hemostatics (leaf), Mycoses (leaf), Scabies (leaf), Snake bites (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Baldness (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Earache (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Hemostatics (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Dracaena trifasciata world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Central African Republic, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Myanmar, Mauritius, Norfolk Island, Nigeria, Nauru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77164235-1
WFO ID wfo-0001424422
COL ID 8WTWT
BDTFX ID 166576
INPN ID 447703
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Sansevieria jacquinii Sansevieria laurentii Sansevieria trifasciata Dracaena trifasciata Sansevieria zeylanica var. laurentii Sansevieria trifasciata var. laurentii Sansevieria trifasciata var. trifasciata Aletris hyacinthoides var. zeylanica