Dracaena braunii
A short-stemmed, stoloniferous Dracaena from the Atlantic coast of Central Africa that forms extensive dense carpets 10–30 cm tall, with shiny bright green leaves, bright orange-red roots and white to cream flowers tinged pinkish purple. It grows in shade at the edges of coastal forest and in the transition between mangrove and savanna. Most plants sold as Dracaena braunii, including lucky bamboo, are actually Dracaena sanderiana, a different species.
Where it grows wild
Grows on the shaded edges of coastal forest and in the zone between mangrove and savanna, on laterite or sandy soils, where it spreads by stolons into dense ground-covering carpets. It tolerates salt spray. Occasionally it forms dwarf shrublets up to 50 cm.
Literature gives sea level to about 20 m; the 133 GBIF records with an elevation have a median of 5 m, but a few reach 588 m.
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