Asparagaceae FAMILY

Dracaena surculosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dracaena surculosa is a branched, evergreen shrub growing from a more or less tuberous root aand a rootcrown that sends up many cane-like shoots; it can grow around 1 - 8 metres tall[ 510 Title Trees of Costa Rica's Pacific Slope Publication Author Website http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page1.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on over 80 species of tree from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental foliage plant[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Guinea to Cameroon and Central African Republic, south to Gabon and Congo

HabitatPrimary and secondary forests; at elevations from around 500 metres to 1,600 metres[ 510 Title Trees of Costa Rica's Pacific Slope Publication Author Website http://www.cds.ed.cr/teachers/harmon/page1.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on over 80 species of tree from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. ].