Asparagaceae FAMILY

Dracaena angustifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dracaena angustifolia is an evergreen shrubby plant with a rhizomatous rootstock, producing stems 1 - 3 metres tall with no or few branches[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The stems are around 4cm in diameter. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is sometimes planted around villages[ 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Is.

HabitatForests and thickets[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Rainforests, in areas near rivers and streams, growing in both primary and the more open secondary formations[ 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ].