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Dracaena fragrans

(L.) Ker Gawl. (1808)

This name is accepted

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

fragrant dracaena

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1081 (1808)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu: Kam Nursery [Kamehameha Schools] conservatory plant. Preserved_Specimen Small tree, 15 dm. Flowers: white w tinge of purple; slightly fragrant. Fruit: none. Judd Jr., A.F. 98 Oahu BISH 1928-02-21
2 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu: Kapalama Heights, Kamehameha Girls' School Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1932-06-02
3 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu: 1911 Keeaumoku St Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1932-03-31
4 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. Oahu BISH 1962-02-14
5 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu: Kapalama Heights, Kalihi Valley; Kamehameha Girls' School Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1932-06-02
6 Dracaena fragrans unknown Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) BISH
7 Dracaena fragrans Koloa District, Kalaheo. Yard of house at 3581 Kaloke Street Preserved_Specimen Perennial with single woody stem 2.5 m. tall, 4 cm. in diam. Leaves uniformly green, persisting along most of stem. Infructescence terminal, fruits spheroidal, yellow green, with a single soft, white seed Lorence, D.H. 6345 Kauai BISH 1989-04-10
8 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu: Kam Nursery [Kamehameha Schools] conservatory plant. Preserved_Specimen Small tree, 15 dm. Flowers: white w tinge of purple; slightly fragrant. Fruit: none. Judd Jr., A.F. 98 Oahu BISH 1928-02-21
9 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu, Wahiawa Bot. Garden, In Aroid map grid square H-3, beside stairs connecting Main Terrace and lower gulch Deep shade under canopy trees, on teep, moist bank Preserved_Specimen Erect plants in clumps with slender, unbranched or sparsely branched woody canes covered in spirals of dark green waxy leathery leaves; leaf blades clasping stem, uniformly dark green with no variegation, leaves spreading with tips drooping; inflorecences terminal on stems, erect, elongate panicles with flowers/ fruits in dense clusters spread along the axis; flowers tubular, just senescent, brownish; young fruits forming, globose, pale greenish Staples, G.W. 1600 Oahu BISH 2014-12-10
10 Dracaena fragrans Waimea Arboretum In full sun. Preserved_Specimen Tree with erect branches to 3 m tall, lvs. variegated. fls white; odorless. Lau, J. 2392 Oahu BISH 1986-05-12
11 Dracaena fragrans Koloa Dist.: Kalaheo, along Niho Rd. and Kaloke Rd Plantings in yards around houses. Preserved_Specimen Shrub with erect stems to 3 m tall, young lvs with green & yellow longitudinal stripes. fls fragrant, corolla white in bud, tepals w purple midrib & apex. Lorence, D.H. 5819 Kauai BISH 1988-02-21
12 Dracaena fragrans BISH, near back exit onto Kapalama St Clump of plants growing in fence row. Preserved_Specimen 0.25 to 2.5 m tall. lvs medium gn w gn margins, white stripes down center. infl terminal, flws cream-white, not openin the daytime. Staples, G.W. 459 Oahu BISH 1989-05-20
13 Dracaena fragrans [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Photo of: (Tree 20+' tall; flowers fragrant.) Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1937-04-05
14 Dracaena fragrans Puna Dist., land of Olaa, Mt. View dump Preserved_Specimen discarded ornamental shrub. foliage green with white stripes. Herbst, D.R. 5593 Hawaii BISH 1975-12-15
15 Dracaena fragrans 42 Coelho Way Preserved_Specimen fruit orange when ripe. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1946-09-20
16 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu: Honolulu Airport. Lei removed from passenger leaving for mainland Preserved_Specimen skin yel, pulp yel, sweetish to taste but unpleasant musty smell; seeds in pairs embedded in pulp, seeds whitish, white-ivory within and moderately hard. Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1958-09-23
17 Dracaena fragrans Honolulu; Nuuanu Valley; 42 Coelho Way Preserved_Specimen Plus fruit; leaves green. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1953-12-27
18 Dracaena fragrans 42 Coelho Way Preserved_Specimen fruit orange when ripe. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1946-09-20
19 Dracaena fragrans Koloa District, Kalaheo. Yard of house at 3581 Kaloke Street Preserved_Specimen Perennial with single woody stem 2.5 m. tall, 4 cm. in diam. Leaves uniformly green, persisting along most of stem. Infructescence terminal, fruits spheroidal, yellow green, with a single soft, white seed; fruiting. Inflorescence at 90 degrees angle to stem. Flowers strongly and sweetly fragfrant at ngiht, petals pinkish white Lorence, D.H. 6345 Kauai BISH 1989-04-10
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