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Dracaena viridiflora is a shrub or small tree from wet tropical West and Central Africa, grown for its glossy dark green leaves. It needs warm, humid conditions and bright, indirect light, and it is not frost tolerant.
Dracaena viridiflora is a species of shrub or small plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae.
The species occurs in parts of West Africa in Ghana and Nigeria then eastwards towards Cameroon and Angola.
Traditionally, leaf extracts of the plant are used in the treatment of microbial infections and epilepsy.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dracaena viridiflora 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.
