Dracaena angustifolia

Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 24 1814. (Syn: Cordyline fruticosa Göpp.; Cordyline rumphii Hook.; Dracaena angustifolia var. angustior (Ridl.) Jankalski; Dracaena angustifolia var. honoriae F.M.Bailey; Dracaena australasica (Ridl.) Jankalski; Dracaena ensiformis Wall. ex Voigt; Dracaena fruticosa Regel; Dracaena fruticosa (Blume) K.Koch; Dracaena menglaensis G.Z.Ye; Dracaena quitensis Baker; Draco angustifolia (Roxb.) Kuntze; Draco fruticosa (Blume) Kuntze; Pleomele angustifolia (Medik.) N.E.Br.; Pleomele angustifolia var. angustior Ridl.; Pleomele australasica Ridl.; Pleomele flexuosa (Blume) N.E.Br.; Pleomele fruticosa (Blume) N.E.Br.; Pleomele reflexa var. angustifolia (Medik.) M.R.Almeida; Sansevieria flexuosa Blume; Sansevieria fruticosa Blume; Terminalis angustifolia Medik.; Pandanus inermis Blanco);
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Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia: 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 as per POWO;
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Common name: Narrow-Leaf Dragon Tree
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Dracaena terniflora posted from Tripura and Kalimpong are actually D. elliptica Thunb. & Dalm., a widespread and variable species.

This is for your kind information please.

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To me it looks different from Dracaena elliptica as per
POWO  FoC illustration
https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/P-Angi-000368

I feel it may be Dracaena angustifolia as per

POWO  Useful Tropical Plants  Flickr  EOL

https://www.rarepalmseeds.com/dracaena-angustifolia

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Dracaena angustifolia

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I was privileged to see some 50 Leopard Lace wing emerging from pupa in last two months. I observed

(a) Butterflies emerging in November and early December come out around 10AM and fly by 12PM or so. Number of males and females were evenly distributed.

(b) Butterfly emerging in December end and January were coming out  at about 1 PM and fly by 11AM on the next day. They were mostly male.

Attaching an image of a newly released male Leopard Lace Wing visiting flowers of Dracaena fragrans.

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To me it looks different from Dracaena elliptica as per
POWO  FoC illustration
https://singapore.biodiversity.online/species/P-Angi-000368

I feel it may be Dracaena angustifolia as per

POWO  Useful Tropical Plants  Flickr  EOL

https://www.rarepalmseeds.com/dracaena-angustifolia

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Sessile leaves means Dracaena angustifolia.

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A dracaena in flower – indiantreepix | Google Groups

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References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China  FOC illustration  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  Wikipedia  Useful Tropical Plants  Flickr  EOL  PROSEA  SEINET
https://www.rarepalmseeds.com/dracaena-angustifolia