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Dracaena angolensis

(Welw. ex Carrière) Byng & Christenh. (2018)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Dracaena

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Global Fl. 4: 64 (2018)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dracaena angolensis Koloa District, Lawai Valley, Allerton Gardens (Lawai-Kai) Occasional in cultivation on Kaua`i. Preserved_Specimen Rhixomatous herb forming dense stands. Leaves 2-3 per node, cylindric, succulent, with faint horizontal banding. Flowers not fragrant (11 am), tepals purplish brown. Lorence, D.H. 6727 Kauai BISH 1991-03-15
2 Dracaena angolensis Lower Waahila ridge along dirtbike trails. Full sun dry ridgetop. Gorwing under Leucaena leucocephala and through Urochloa maxima. Preserved_Specimen Flowering, leaves to 1 m tall, up to 4 cm in diameter,clone 5 sq m wide. Old flower stalks without fruit observed. saw two ovaries which were swelling and appeared pollenated. Arthur, K. 59 Oahu BISH 2025-02-14
3 Dracaena angolensis Koloa District, Lawai Valley, Lawai-Kai Preserved_Specimen Stiff-leaved herb of up to 4 ft. Leaves succulent, cylindrical, green w. darker green nerves and linear spotting. Peduncle & rachis green w. fine whitish-green spotting. Flowers fragrant. In bud, perianth greenish-white tinged purplish-brown. Stamens six, white. Style white. Flynn, T.W. 3318 Kauai BISH 1989-04-13
4 Dracaena angolensis Honolulu: Kapalama; Bishop Museum grounds Growing in a flower bed near the trailer behind Pauahi Hall. Preserved_Specimen Rosette w. 4-6 lvs, lvs cylindrical, channeled near the base, grooved along the entire length, spreading widely, to 4 ft long, gray-green, infruct almost gone by, stem decaying, frts red orange, 3-lobed, fleshy. Staples, G.W. 462 Oahu BISH 1989-07-08
5 Dracaena angolensis Honolulu: Kapalama; Bishop Museum grounds Growing in a flower bed near the trailer behind Pauahi Hall. Preserved_Specimen Rosette w. 4-6 lvs, lvs cylindrical, channeled near the base, grooved along the entire length, spreading widely, to 4 ft long, gray-green, infruct almost gone by, stem decaying, frts red orange, 3-lobed, fleshy. Staples, G.W. 462 Oahu BISH 1989-07-08
6 Dracaena angolensis Honolulu: Kapalama; Bishop Museum grounds Plants spreading by rhizomes forming a dense stand in full sun. Preserved_Specimen Leaves have alternating bands of medium green & pale green. Flowers white with a flesh overlay; odorless (morning). Lau, J. 1974 Oahu BISH 1986-02-06
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