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Dracaena houseplants like humidity and moderate watering. They can tolerate periods of drought but the tips of the leaves may turn brown. [14] Leaves at the base will naturally yellow and drop off, leaving growth at the top and a bare stem. [14] Dracaena are vulnerable to mealybugs and scale insects. [14]
Dracaena cinnabari, the Socotra dragon tree or dragon blood tree, is a dragon tree native to the Socotra archipelago, part of Yemen, located in the Arabian Sea. It is named after the blood-like color of the red sap that the trees produce. [ 2 ]
Dracaena sanderiana and its related varieties are popular houseplants. It is a suitable plant for confined spaces, and it does very well in indirect sunlight or partial shade as direct sunlight often causes its leaves to burn or yellow. [8] The ideal temperature range for D. sanderiana is from 16 to 27 °C (61 to 81 °F). [9]
Dracaena reflexa (commonly called song of India [3] or song of Jamaica) is a tree native to Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, and other nearby islands of the Indian Ocean. [2] It is widely grown as an ornamental plant and houseplant , valued for its richly coloured, evergreen leaves, and thick, irregular stems.
Dracaena mannii Baker or small-leaved dragon tree, is a small to medium-sized tree, though recorded up to 30 m tall with stem to 2 m in diameter in Cameroon and Gabon.It occurs from Senegal to Angola along the African west coast, is widespread in tropical Africa and is found along the African east coast from Kenya to Kosi Bay in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Dracaena stuckyi, synonym Sansevieria stuckyi, [1] is a species of succulent plant native to Africa including Mozambique, Tanzania, and southern Kenya. [1] It is a member of a group of related Dracaena including Dracaena angolensis and Dracaena pearsonii , that grow upright, cylindrical foliage and are native to dry biomes.
Dracaena zeylanica is a leafier plant (10-16 leaves per rosette, versus generally 2–4 in Dracaena trifasciata), and its leaves lack a petiole, instead becoming only slightly narrower at the base. In D. trifasciata, leaves become narrower and thickened towards the bottom, forming a concave channel at the base of the leaves. [2]
Dracaena tamaranae, or drago de Gran Canaria, is a species of flowering plant endemic to the island of Gran Canaria, related to the dragon tree, Dracaena draco, and other species of Dracaena from East Africa. Since 1972, specimens of dragon tree have been identified in Gran Canaria with certain peculiarities.