Cordyline fruticosa
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Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. The plant is of great cultural importance to the traditional animistic religions of Austronesian and Papuan peoples of the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Island Southeast Asia, and Papua New Guinea. It is also cultivated for food, traditional medicine, and as an ornamental for its variously colored leaves. It is identified by a wide variety of common names, including ti plant, palm lily, cabbage palm.
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Cordyline fruticosa | |
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Foliage and fruit | |
Green C. fruticosa in Makawao Forest Reserve, Maui | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Lomandroideae |
Genus: | Cordyline |
Species: | C. fruticosa |
Binomial name | |
Cordyline fruticosa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Convallaria fruticosa L. |
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