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Cordyline
Cordyline fruticosa
Cordyline fruticosa
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Laxmanniaceae
Genus: Cordyline
Comm. ex R.Br.

Species
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Cordyline is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants classified in Asparagaceae or alternatively the segregate family Laxmanniaceae, in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, but placed by other authors in Agavaceae or Lomandraceae. The genus is native to the western Pacific Ocean region, from New Zealand, eastern Australia, southeastern Asia, Polynesia and Hawaii.

Selected species

Cultivation and uses

Members of the group are often grown as ornamental plants, and the cabbage tree has had culinary and other uses.