Dracaena viridiflora
A West and Central African forest Dracaena that grows as a slender shrub or small tree up to about 5 m. Its glossy, dark green, oblong to lance-shaped leaves, up to 25 cm long, are spread along the branches, and it bears short clusters of green flowers. It is an understorey plant of humid rain forest, so it wants warmth, shade and steady moisture, much like the familiar indoor dracaenas.
Where it grows wild
It grows in the understorey of evergreen rain forest, including Gilbertiodendron forest by rivers, mature well-drained terra firme forest and primary forest along trails. It also occurs in forest pockets and rocky slabs on the flanks of inselbergs and on low ridges over ironstone.
Records run from near sea level to about 2,000 m, with a median of about 690 m. Most are lowland to submontane forest, from about 250 to 1,100 m.
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