Scientific Name : Dracaena reflexa Lam.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : Naturally it may reach to great height but usually grown as a small houseplant. Leaves : Simple, spirally arranged, lanceolate, broad at the base, parallel venation, entire margin, grown in tight whorls, uniform dark green. Flowers : Small, clustered and usually white. Significance : It is widely grown as an ornamental plant and houseplant mainly because of its richly coloured, evergreen leaves, and thick, irregular stems. It is believedto cure malarial symptoms, poisoning, dysentery, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, and to be useful as an antipyretic and hemostaticagent.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
song of India, Pleomele
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Synonym(s):
Cordyline reflexa (Lam.) Endl. Draco reflexa (Lam.) Kuntze Pleomele reflexa (Lam.) N.E.Br. Lomatophyllum reflexum (Lam.) Bojer
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Family:
Asparagaceae
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