Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A. Chev.
| Family: | AGAVACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Good Luck Plant | ||||
| Synonym: | Cordyline terminalis Kunth | ||||
| Common Name: | Ti Plant | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | March - April | ||||
| Distribution: | Tropical South East Asia, Australia and Pacific Island | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as garden plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Cordyline fruticosaare unbranched slender shrub; leaf-scars prominent towards apex. Leaves crowded at apex, purplish; petiole base widened into sheath. Panicle, well branched; stalk 15 cm. Flowers bisexual, subsessile; bracts ovate. Perianth tubular below; lobes 3+3, reddish, reflexed. Stamens 6, inserted on the tube. Ovary superior. Berry subglobose; seeds numerous, black. | ||||