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Dracaena elliptica
Dracaena elliptica is a species of Asian tropical forest under-storey plants in the family Asparagaceae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
From the article Dracaena elliptica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The native range of this species is the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, through southern China, Indo-China and western Malesia. In Vietnam the plant may be called phát dủ bầu dục (or phất dủ mảnh as D. gracilis). D. elliptica is a shrub, up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) high, with elliptic lanceolate leaves 20–30 centimetres (8–12 in) long. The yellow berries are about 10 millimetres (0.39 in) in diameter.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and description”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 425595.