Dracaena schizantha
Baker
AsparagaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows at higher elevations between 750-2,000 m above sea level.
Africa, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Angola, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
An evergreen tropical tree growing to 9 m tall with a thick, forked trunk. It occurs at higher elevations between 750–2,000 m above sea level.
Names & Synonyms
Dracaena ombet subsp. schizantha (Baker) BosDracaena rhabdophylla Chiov.Draco schizantha (Baker) Kuntze
References (1)
- Fern, K., 2012, Tropical Species Database http://theferns.info/tropical/ (As Dracaena ombet)
