Author: |
John Bellenden Ker Gawl 1808 |
Family: |
Dracaenaceae |
Habitat: |
Angola,
Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea
Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo,
Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Peat |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Minimum |
Thickness: |
30
centimetres |
Height: |
7
meters |
Flower:
|
Brown/White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Corn
Plant |
Synonyms:
|
Aletris
fragrans, L.
Aloe fragrantissima, Jacq.
Cordyline fragrans, Planch.
Dracaena albanensis, Sander ex Mast.
Dracaena aureolus, W.Bull ex Mast.
Dracaena broomfieldii, Sander ex Mast.
Dracaena butayei, De Wild.
Dracaena deisteliana, Engl.
Dracaena deremensis, Engl.
Dracaena janssensii, I.
Dracaena lindenii, Linden ex André.
Dracaena massangeana, Rodigas.
Dracaena smithii, Baker ex Hook.f.
Dracaena ugandensis, Baker.
Dracaena victoria, W.Bull.
Draco fragrans, Kuntze.
Pleomele deremensis, N.E.Br.
Pleomele fragrans, Salisb.
Pleomele smithii,N.E.Br.
Pleomele ugandensis, N.E.Br.
Sansevieria fragrans, Jacq. |
From the tropical
mountain slopes in central Africa. First described by John Bellenden
Ker Gawl in 1808, and a member of the Dracaenaceae family. Will
do fine in the back of the room, almost without light! Good peat and
some water, and it will reach 7 meters. As seen on the photos, it gets
big clusters of brown-white flowers. It can be reproduced both by cutting
(really easy) and by seeds. I moved in with mine in 1997.
I found them in Zambia, covering
the ground under a tropical rain forest in Chirinda National Park,
near the Mozambique border. |