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Cordyline forbesii

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Native range
Papua New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cordyline forbesii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is native to Papua New Guinea, and was described in 1923.

Where it grows

Cordyline forbesii is native to the wet tropical biome of Papua New Guinea.

Other Cordyline plants

Cordyline angustissima · Cabbage tree · Ti ngahere · Palm lily · Narrow Leafed Palm Lily · Tiplant · Broad Leaved Cabbage Tree · Giant palm-lily · Cordyline minutiflora · Dwarf Palm Lily · Norfolk Island Cabbage Tree · Broad Leaved Palm Lily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordyline forbesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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