Scientific Name:	Dracaena reflexa
Pronunciation:	druh-SEE-nuh re-FLECKS-uh
Common Name:	pleomele
Family Name:	Asparagaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves spirally arranged in whorls, sheathing stem, narrowly elliptic, most 10-15 cm long x 4 cm wide.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Origin: Africa (Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius) Hardiness Rating: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 C) Exposure: Soil/ Growing Medium: Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Indoor plant Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Parallel venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic Apices: Acute Bases: Sheathing Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Panicle Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 6 Corolla Shape: Tubular Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Not showy, Green-yellow Flower Time at Peak: Additional Info: Rarely flowers locally.

Fruit Type: Berry (true) Fruit Colour: Dark-red Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, Unlikely to form locally

Bark Morphology: Smooth, Multi-stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Tan, Green

Propagation:	Stem/cane cuttings
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Maintenance:	Medium
Pest Susceptibility:	Mites, Root rot, ( Pest resistant, Disease resistant )

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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