Dracaena surculosa
A slender, cane-stemmed shrub from the understorey of West and west-central African forests, with glossy leaves in pseudowhorls, usually spotted with cream or yellow in cultivated forms. It grows from Guinea to Cameroon and Gabon, including the drier forests of the Dahomey Gap. Indoors it is a tolerant, shade-loving shrub that wants warmth, even moisture and moderate light.
Where it grows wild
A branched shrub or small tree under 4 m, rarely to 8 m, with wiry cane-like shoots from reddish-brown tuberous roots. It grows in the understorey of lowland and hill forest and forest remnants, including gallery forest in the drier Dahomey Gap of Benin and Togo.
GBIF elevations run up to 1311 m with a median of 548 m (106 records). A reported minimum of -71 m is impossible on land and is an error.
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