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Narrow-leaved Palm Lily
Cordyline stricta at West Pennant Hills, Australia
Scientific classification
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C. stricta
Binomial name
Cordyline stricta
(Sims) Endl.
Synonyms

  • Dracaena stricta Sims
  • Terminalis stricta (Sims) Kuntze

Cordyline stricta, known as the Narrow-leaved Palm Lily is an evergreen Australian plant. A shrub to 5 metres tall found in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest, usually on the coastal lowlands. From near Bilpin, New South Wales further north to Queensland.

Leaves are long and thin, 30 to 50 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide. Mauve flowers form on panicles, 20 to 40 cm long. The flowering stem is 15 to 30 cm long. Fruit are purple to black, 10 to 15 mm in diameter. This is the only Australian species with black fruit.

Uses

An ornamental plant.

References

  1. ^ "Cordyline stricta". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-03-03.