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Dracaena forbesii
Forbes' Dracaena is a shrub or small tree native only to Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi, in dry to mesic forest, and it is rarely grown outside botanic collections. Grow it like other dracaenas: bright light and well-drained soil, keeping it out of cold.
Dracaena forbesii, synonym Pleomele forbesii, (Waianae Range hala pepe or Forbes' dracaena) is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. It inhabits dry, coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 240–730 metres (790–2,400 ft). It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dracaena forbesii 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.
