Compilation
Dracaena usambarensis

Shrub or tree (2.4–)4.5–30 m high, evergreen, single-stemmed or often multistemmed or much branched from near ground level; stem to 2 m in diameter. Leaves clustered near branch ends, narrowly elliptic to narrowly lanceolate or obovate, sessile, (4–)8–40(–50) cm long, (0.3–)0.8–3.8(–4.5) cm wide, base cuneate but the very base half-amplexicaul, apex acute with a mucro, ‘midrib’ prominent beneath. Inflorescence erect, racemose to paniculate, continous to stem and branches; flowers in groups of 2–6, rarely solitary; pedicel 1–4 mm long or up to 9 mm and orange in fruit, articulated at the top. Flowers creamy white or pure white, yellow-green outside, the tips of lobes greenish to purple, 12–50 mm long, tube 3–25 mm long, lobes 8–24 mm long, 2–3 mm wide. Fruits orange to scarlet, globose or lobed when 2–3-seeded, 10–32 mm in diameter; seeds brown, globose, 10–20 mm in diameter.