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Dracaena ellenbeckiana Engl.

Family : Dracaenaceae

Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE

Protologue : Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 95 (1902)

Information on the genus : Dracaena

Status

Status for TA :

accepted (present)

Ecology and distribution

Trop. Afr.

Biology :

Tree 2-8 m tall, with 10-20 stems from a common base, branches few; leaves clustered at branch ends, narrowly lanceolate, sessile, 22-65x1-9 cm, base clasping, apex acuminate; inflorescence paniculate, erect, 20-80 cm long, with 2-3 racemose branches at each node, to 35 cm long, pedicels 1-7 together is fascicles; perianth white, becoming yellow-green; tube 2 mm long, lobes c. 8 mm long; fruit orange-scarlet, globose to 3-lobed, 0,8-0,9x0,9-1,4 cm.

Ecology :	Rocky outcrops, escarpments; Acacia, Combretum, Lannea and Combretum bushland on reddish-brown loamy soil; open dry forest; locally common; 1050-2100 m alt.
	Seedlings occasionally with variegated leaves (fide Fl. Eth. & Eritrea, l.c.).
	Perhaps in S Somalia.

More info on :

see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative

see under The International Plant Name Index

see under African Plants - a Photo Guide

Map

Record n°14291

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