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Dracaena steudneri

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Identification
Isotype of Dracaena steudneri Engl. [family DRACAENACEAE ] Dracaena fragrans (L.) KerGawl. [family DRACAENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bos,J.J.,
Related name
  • Sansevieria steudneri
  • Dracaena fragrans
  • Dracaena papahu
  • Dracaena steudneri

Flora

Entry for Dracaena steudneri Engl. [family DRACAENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2007) Author: Geoffrey Mwachala & Paul Mbugua
Names
Dracaena steudneri Engl. [family DRACAENACEAE], P.O.A. C: 143 (1895); Baker in F.T.A. 7: 441 (1898); T.T.C.L.: 21 (1949); Hamilton, Uganda forest trees: 76 (1981); Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 68 (1982); K.T.S.L.: 640 (1994); Bos in Fl. Eth. & Eritr. 6: 79, t. 187/5 (1997). Type: Ethiopia, Gondar, Dschibba, Steudner 477 (B†, holo.; S, iso., BR, K, photo!)
Dracaena papahu Engl. [family DRACAENACEAE], P.O.A. C: 143 (1895). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District: Lutindi, Usambara, Holst 3260 (K!, iso.)
Pleomele papahu (Engl.) N.E.Br. [family DRACAENACEAE], in K.B. 1914: 278 (1914)
Information
Tree (3–)6–15(–25) m high; stem single, to 45 cm in diameter; crown branched. Leaves clustered at branch ends, leathery, narrowly lanceolate, sessile, 40–130 cm long, 4–16 cm wide, base narrowed and clasping, apex attenuate towards acute tip. Inflorescence erect becoming pendulous in fruit, paniculate, 0.3–1(–2) m long and up to 1.5 m wide; flowers in almost globose groups of up to 100 flowers; pedicels 2.5 mm long, articulated above the middle. Flowers white, cream or greenish white, 11–18 mm long, tube 6–10 mm long, lobes 5–8 mm long and 0.5–1 mm wide, translucent, 1-ribbed. Fruits bronze to dark purple to blackish red, 12–30 mm in diameter; pulp orange; seeds white, globose, 10 mm in diameter.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 2, 4; K 3, 4, 7; T 3, 6–8 Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia and S to Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Altitude range
850–2300 m
Distribution
KENYA Trans Nzoia District Elgon, 15 Mar. 1933, Jack 427KENYA Kiambu District Karura Forest, 14 Dec. 1966, Perdue & Kibuwa 8239!KENYA Teita District Mt Kasigau, path from Rukanga up the mountain, 5 Apr. 1969, Faden et al. 459!TANZANIA Lushoto District Lushoto, Oct. 1963, Semsei 3644!TANZANIA Ulanga District Ujiji near Mahenge, Oct. 1960, Haerdi 595/0!TANZANIA Songea District Luwira-Kitega Forest Reserve, Oct. 1956, Semsei 2536!UGANDA Karamoja District Mt Lonyili, Kidepo National Park, 16 May 1972, Synnott 1022UGANDA Kigezi District Kachwekano Farm, Sep. 1949, Purseglove 3119!UGANDA Mengo District Kampala, Sep. 1930, Snowden 1821!
Notes
USES. Leaves sometimes used as wrapping material; leaves and root in minor medicine. CONSERVATION Least concern

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