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Dracaena bicolor

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Type of Dracaena bicolor Hook. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Lectotype of Dracaena cylindrica Hook.f. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Filed as Dracaena bicolor Hook. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Dracaena bicolor Hook. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Dracaena bicolor Hook. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Filed as Dracaena bicolor Hook. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Type of Dracaena cylindrica Hook.f. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Paratype of Dracaena prolata C.H.Wright [family DRACAENACEAE]

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Identification

Dracaena bicolor Hook. [family DRACAENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Olorunfemi, J., 1970

Flora

Entry for Dracaena bicolor Hook. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2007) Author: Geoffrey Mwachala & Paul Mbugua

Dracaena bicolor Hook. [family DRACAENACEAE], U.O.P.Z.: 238 (1949)

Dracaena cylindrica Hook.f. [family DRACAENACEAE]

Shrub with erect, unbranched stem 3–4 m high; leaves oblanceolate, 15–25(–50) cm long, 5–10 cm wide, pseudopetiolate, apex acute with a tiny mucro. Inflorescence terminal, with dense clusters of flowers subtended by purplish 2–5 cm long bracts, pedicels 2–3 mm long, jointed at the middle; perianth white, purple-tinged, 25–28 mm long. Fruits orange, drying black.