Species · genus Dracaena · Asparagaceae

Suji

Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb.

Growth habit

shrub

Native range

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Thailand, Vietnam

Reference · D. angustifolia

Cultivars of D. angustifolia

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under D. angustifolia yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Dracaena angustifolia is a shrubby species native to the warm forests and margins of tropical Asia and the western Pacific, where it grows in dappled understory light rather than full sun. Give it bright indirect light and let the top inch or two of mix dry before watering, hedging toward the drier side, as Dracaena stems and roots rot when kept consistently wet. Average household humidity suits it.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

16–29 °C

Soil mix

Loose, well-draining potting mix with added perlite

Propagation

Stem or cane cuttings rooted in water or moist mix

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Saponins — vomiting (occasionally with blood), depression, anorexia, drooling. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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