Asparagaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Dracaena arborea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Phytochemistry: fish-poisons^[1]

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree

Growth—

The tree can be coppiced^[1]. The plant frequently produces aerial roots^[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cuttings. Dracaena species are generally easy to propagate. Only a small piece of the plant is required to form a new plant, and even when thrown away it may easily root^[3]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dracaena+arborea>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
[2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
[3]Taxonomic novelties in African Dracaena (Dracaenaceae) — Damen T.H.J. et al · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2018.63.01.05 · ISBN 2212-1676 ↩︎