Scientific Name:	Dracaena surculosa
Pronunciation:	druh-SEE-nuh sur-cue-LOE-suh
Common Name:	gold-dust dracaena
Family Name:	Asparagaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves dark green with cream spots, opposite or in whorls of three, apex pointed, elliptic, 8 cm long x 4 cm wide, emerge from tightly rolled cones.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Open, Upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Africa Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Indoor plant Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite, Spiraled, Whorled Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, Yellow, Yellow spots Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic Apices: Acute Bases: Attenuate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Raceme Flower Morphology: Colour (petals): Not showy, White Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Nov, Dec Additional Info: Rarely flowers locally.

Fruit Type: Berry (true) Fruit Colour: Red, Orange Fruiting Time: Additional Info: about 1.5 cm round

Bark or Stem Colour:

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

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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