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Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev.

Synonyms                   : Convallaria fruticosa L., Asparagus terminalis L

Family                                    : Agavaceae

Local Names              : Ti Plant, Good Luck Plant

Flowering and fruiting period: March - April 

Distribution: Indo-Maleysia

Habitat: grown as ornamental plant

IUCN status: Data Deficient

Endemic: No

Uses: Ornamental   

Key Characters: Cordyline fruticosa are 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.