Dracaena goldieana
A small, slow understory shrub from the rain forests of Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Congo basin. It grows 30–60 cm tall with dark green leaves banded silver-grey, and is called the queen of dracaenas. It needs deep shade, steady warmth and high humidity, which makes it much more demanding than common houseplant dracaenas.
Where it grows wild
Specimen labels describe it in dense shade on humid spots in primary forest undergrowth, in wet shady riverine forest and in high forest on slopes above streams, including forest being logged.
Mostly lowland: specimen elevations run from near sea level to about 800 m, with a median around 275 m (Crystal Mountains of Gabon, Mount Kupe and southern Cameroon).
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