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Dracaena americana, the Central American dragon tree or candlewood, is a neotropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, and Colombia. It is one of only two Dracaena species native to the Americas, the other being Dracaena cubensis.
With a wide distribution primarily in the humid tropical rainforest of Central America and southern Mexico, Dracaena americana is notable for its broad elevational range from sea level to 1,900 meters in the Colombian Andes. It has also been introduced to Ecuador. D. americana is usually found as isolated plants growing in rendzina soils, in areas that receive more than 1,500 mm of rainfall.
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