Cordyline australis

(Hidayat, 2017)

Classification of Cordyline autralis Endl
Regnum : Plantae     
Divisio   : Magnoliophyta 
Classis    : Liliopsida     
Ordo       : Liliales         
Familia   : Agavaceae       
Genus     : Cordyline             
Spesies   : Cordyline autralis Endl

Synonym Name : Charlwoodia australis (G.Forst.) G.Don

Description 

Plants, to 12-(20) m tall; stem in young unbranched plants 5-10 cm , trunk of large many branched old trees to 1.5 m dbh; bark thick, rough and fissured. Leaves 0.3-1 m × 3-6 cm, base thickened, apically flat and thin, light green, midrib indistinct, nerves fine, equal, ± parallel. Inflorescences panicles, to 0.6-1.5 &mult; 0.3.-0.5 cm, branched to third or fourth order, branches coming off at about right angles and well-spaced; lower bracts green and foliaceous; ultimate racemes ~ 10-20 cm long; axes almost hiden by flowers; peduncle stout, to 4 cm . Flowers sweetly scented; perianth ~5-6 mm long, white; tepals slightly keeled, free almost to base, reflexed; stamens about the same number as tepals; stigma shortly trifid. Fruits globose, ~4 mm , whitish; seeds ~2.5 mm long, glossy, deeply notched on one side." (Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants, p. 239).

Spot Characters 

Linear leaves with red color in the margin.

Benefit 

Ornamental Plant

Distribution 

Southeast Asia and the tropical regions

Location 

SD Isola UPI

Local Name 

Hanjuang