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Dracaena americana
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Dracaena americana

Dracaena americana, the Central American dragon tree or candlewood, is a neotropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, and Colombia. It is one of only two Dracaena species native to the Americas, the other being Dracaena cubensis.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 283462.