Cordyline fruticosa
Asparagaceae FAMILY

Cordyline fruticosa

Cordyline fruticosa

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen shrub or small tree which can be unbranched or freely-branched[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. It grows from 1 - 5 metres tall[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is commonly utilised by local people for a wide range of uses. It is also widely cultivated in the moist tropics and subtropics as an ornamental plant, there are many named varieties[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - India, Malaysia, Indo-China to Australia and the Pacific Islands.
HabitatOften abundant in various types of forest (dry, dense, edges), on forested ridges, in thickets, and sometimes near beaches at elevations from sea level to 1,100 metres in Fiji[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].