Dracaena elliptica

A slender understory shrub up to about 2 m tall, with elliptic leaves 20–30 cm long and small yellow berries, found from north-east India and southern China through Indochina to Sumatra, Java and Borneo. It grows in the shade of lowland and hill rainforest. Grow it warm, shaded and evenly moist, like the other forest dracaenas.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A shrub of the lower layers of tropical evergreen forest, where it grows in shade under the canopy.

Recorded elevations run from near sea level upwards, with a median of 665 m, so it is mainly a lowland and hill-forest plant. The single 3400 m record is almost certainly an error.

Andaman and Nicobar IslandsAssam and BangladeshSouthern ChinaMyanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and VietnamPeninsular MalaysiaSumatra and JavaBorneo

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.