Dracaena aubrytiana
A tropical African plant formerly known as Sansevieria aubrytiana, with the synonym Sansevieria bracteata, now placed in Dracaena. It is recorded from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea through the Congo basin and Angola to Zambia and Tanzania, in rocky woodland, forest edges and dry rocky places. Treat it like other sansevieria-type Dracaenas: bright light, a gritty mix, and a dry rest in the cooler months.
Where it grows wild
Specimen labels describe it in rocky woodland, in dry rocky places, at a forest margin among rocks growing in groups, under riverside trees, and on the coast between beach and recently burned forest. It roots in soil pockets among rocks or in forest-edge soils, and spreads by rhizomes. Wikipedia describes long, stalked leaves in two rows (to about 90 cm) on an unbranched stem to about 2.5 m, but that description is not well corroborated.
Recorded elevations run from near sea level on the Gabon coast to about 1,570 m in southern Tanzania. Most records with an elevation fall at 600–1,350 m.
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