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Dracaena angustifolia
In Singapore: Dragon Blood Tree, 剑叶龙血树 (Cultivated in Singapore)
Suji (Dracaena angustifolia) is a shrub from Asian tropical forest understories, up to about 3 m tall, with narrow strap-like leaves. It thrives in warm, humid conditions with bright indirect light and moist but not soggy soil.
Dracaena angustifolia is a species of Asian tropical forest under-storey plants in the family Asparagaceae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
The native range of this species is from Bangladesh, through Indo-China and Malesia to northern Australia. In Vietnam the plant may be called phất dủ lá hẹp.
The leaves of this plant are used as a natural green food colourant.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dracaena angustifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
