Dracaena angustifolia(Medik.) Roxb.

WFO wfo-0000765665 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Dracaena angustifolia, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-10 / obs. 150051633
Dracaena angustifolia, photographed by John Barkla
fig. b John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51394760
Dracaena angustifolia, photographed by Lisa Bennett
fig. c Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9906299
Dracaena angustifolia, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. d Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150051618
Dracaena angustifolia, photographed by Lisa Bennett
fig. e Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9906303
Dracaena angustifolia, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165123892
Dracaena angustifolia, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164918577
Dracaena angustifolia, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. h Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92234389

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Dracaena angustifolia is native: China South-Central, Hainan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Queensland China South-CentralHainanAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.ThailandVietnamNorthern TerritoryQueensland Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Dracaena angustifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 41 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Asparagus terminalis L.
  • Calodracon jacquinii (Kunth) Planch.
  • Cordyline ferrea (L.) Endl.
  • Cordyline fruticosa Göpp.
  • Cordyline jacquinii Kunth
  • Cordyline rumphii Hook.
  • Cordyline terminalis Kunth
  • Dracaena angustifolia var. angustior (Ridl.) Jankalski
  • Dracaena angustifolia var. honoriae F.M.Bailey
  • Dracaena australasica (Ridl.) Jankalski
  • Dracaena cuprea L.Linden & Rodigas
  • Dracaena ensiformis Wall. ex Voigt
  • Dracaena ferrea L.
  • Dracaena flemingii Baker
  • Dracaena fruticosa Regel
  • Dracaena fruticosa (Blume) K.Koch
  • Dracaena gibsonii Baker
  • Dracaena linearifolia Kurz
  • Dracaena menglaensis G.Z.Ye
  • Dracaena nobilis Baker
  • Dracaena porteana Baker
  • Dracaena pulcherrima Baker
  • Dracaena punctata Hort.Van Houtte ex Regel
  • Dracaena quitensis Baker

and 17 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.