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Dracaena fragrans

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266: 314: 280:, usually multistemmed at the base, mature specimens reaching 15 m (49 ft) or more tall with a narrow crown of usually slender erect branches. Stems may reach up to 30 cm (12 in) diameter on old plants; in forest habitats they may become horizontal with erect side branches. Young plants have a single unbranched stem with a rosette of leaves until the growing tip flowers or is damaged, after which it branches, producing two or more new stems; thereafter, branching increases with subsequent flowering episodes. 302: 46: 258: 33: 418:
foliage. 'Massangeana' (also commonly called "Mass Cane"), has a bright-yellow central stripe on the foliage. 'Compacta' is more compact and suitable for indoor cultivation, with smaller, flatter and slightly pointed leaves. Some of the most popular cultivars include 'Janet Craig', 'Lemon Lime', and
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and/or sand, until they root. Signs of new root growth are usually indicated as new leaves emerging. Lateral, bushy stem growth (typically being two or three shoots) comes from old foliar scars, from the leaf "eyes" that are located growing up along the entire stem. Additionally, anywhere a cutting
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15–160 cm (5.9–63.0 in) long, the individual flowers are 2.5 cm (0.98 in) diameter, with a six-lobed corolla, pink at first, opening white with a fine red or purple central line on each of the 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) lobes; they are highly fragrant, and popular with
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and valued for its tolerance of a wide range of indoor conditions, from bright indirect light, to bright shade (which brings out more variegation in certain hybrids) and even deep shade (where it will have a darker green color). It is also very tolerant of neglect. The
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The leaves are glossy green, lanceolate, 20–150 cm (7.9–59.1 in) long and 2–12 cm (0.79–4.72 in) wide; small leaves are erect to spreading, and larger leaves usually drooping under their weight. The
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Baker. Other English names include striped dracaena (for variegated cultivars), corn plant (for the cultivar 'Massangeana'); Chinese money tree, and fortune plant.
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Baza Mendonça, Luciana & dos Anjos, Luiz. (2005). Beija-flores (Aves, Trochilidae) e seus recursos florais em uma área urbana do Sul do Brasil .
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segments of old stems, about 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) long, drying them in shade for a day, and then inserting them into moist
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The species name refers to the fragrant flowers, while the English name derives from a perceived resemblance of the stem to a
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and southwest to Angola, growing in upland regions at 600–2,250 m (1,970–7,380 ft) altitude. It is also known as
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pollinating insects. The fruit is an orange-red berry 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) diameter, containing several seeds.
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is made (at any point along the stem) is likely to be where new stems will form, where a leaf once grew.
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at a rate that could only be matched by the placement of 10–1000 plants/m of a building's floor space.
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MacDonald, Elvin "The World Book of House Plants" pp.238 Popular Books
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The cultivars 'Lemon Lime', 'Massangeana', and 'Warneckei' bear the
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indicated that the plant aided removal of indoor pollutants such as
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Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Asparagales
Asparagaceae
Nolinoideae
Dracaena
Binomial name
L.
Ker Gawl.
Synonyms
flowering plant
species
native
Sudan
Mozambique
Côte d'Ivoire


shrub
flowers
panicles


Honolulu
Hawaii

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