Cabbage tree
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Cabbage tree is a common name for several plant species:
- Andira inermisAndira inermisAndira inermis is a nitrogen-fixing tree native to the area from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America ; it has been introduced to the Caribbean, the Antilles, Florida, and Africa...
, native to Central and South America. - Various members of the genus CordylineCordylineCordyline is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The subfamily has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae, or Lomandraceae. Other authors have placed the genus in the Agavaceae...
native to New Zealand.- Cordyline australis (Cabbage tree or Tī kōuka)
- Cordyline banksiiCordyline banksiiCordyline banksii is a monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. The species name banksii refers to the 18th-century botanist Joseph Banks.-Distribution:...
(Forest cabbage tree or Tī ngahere) - Cordyline indivisaCordyline indivisaCordyline indivisa is a monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, where it has the common name Mountain cabbage tree. It is also known as the Broad-leaved cabbage tree, or Tōī.-Distribution:...
(Mountain cabbage tree, Broad-leaved cabbage tree, Tōī or Tī tōī) - Cordyline obtectaCordyline obtectaCordyline obtecta is a widely branching monocot tree native to Norfolk Island , and to northern New Zealand...
(Three Kings cabbage tree, native also to Norfolk Island, where it is known as Norfolk Island cabbage tree) - Cordyline pumilioCordyline pumilioCordyline pumilio, commonly known as the Dwarf cabbage tree, Pygmy cabbage tree or by its Māori names Tī koraha or Tī rauriki, is a narrow-leaved monocot shrub endemic to New Zealand. It usually grows up to 1 metre tall, although rare examples of 2 metres tall have been reported...
(Dwarf cabbage tree, Pygmy cabbage tree, Tī rauriki or Tī koraha)
- Livistona australisLivistona australisThe Cabbage-tree Palm is in the Arecaceae family. It is a tall, slender palm growing up to about 25 m in height and 0.35 m diameter. It is crowned with dark, glossy green leaves on petioles 2 m long. It has leaves plaited like a fan; the cabbage of these is small but sweet...
, the Cabbage tree palm of coastal New South Wales. - Cussonia spicataCussonia spicataCussonia spicata is a tree in the Araliaceae family.It occurs naturally in southern Africa and into tropical Africa....
, native to southern parts of Africa. - Various members of the AsteraceaeAsteraceaeThe Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
from Saint Helena.- Pladaroxylon leucadendronPladaroxylon leucadendronThe He Cabbage Tree is one of three cabbage tree species from the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, where it is endangered. It is a small tree in the Asteraceae family. It is called the "He Cabbage Tree" as the young leaves are hairy, in contrast to the hairless leaves of the She...
(He cabbage tree - so called because its leaves are hairy) - Lachanodes arboreaLachanodes arboreaShe Cabbage Tree is a small tree in the Asteraceae family. It is an endangered endemic of the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, and one of several types of cabbage tree on the island.-References:...
(She cabbage tree - so called because its leaves are not hairy) - Melanodendron integrifolium (Black cabbage tree)
- Pladaroxylon leucadendron