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Cabbage tree

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Cabbage tree is a common name for several plant species:

  • Andira inermis, native to Central and South America
  • Various members of the genus Cordyline native to New Zealand.
    • Cordyline australis (Cabbage tree or Tī kōuka)
    • Cordyline banksii (Forest cabbage tree or Tī ngahere)
    • Cordyline indivisa (Mountain cabbage tree, Broad-leaved cabbage tree, Tōī or Tī tōī)
    • Cordyline obtecta (Three Kings cabbage tree, native also to Norfolk Island, where it is known as Norfolk Island cabbage tree)
    • Cordyline pumilio (Dwarf cabbage tree, Pygmy cabbage tree, Tī rauriki or Tī koraha)
  • Cussonia spicata, native to southern parts of Africa
  • Dendroseris litoralis, native to Chile's Juan Fernandez archipelago
  • Gyrocarpus americanus [1]
  • Livistona australis, the Cabbage tree palm of coastal New South Wales
  • Moringa stenopetala, a crop tree native to Ethiopia and Kenya
  • Various members of the Asteraceae from Saint Helena
    • Pladaroxylon leucadendron (He cabbage tree - so called because its leaves are hairy)
    • Lachanodes arborea (She cabbage tree - so called because its leaves are not hairy)
    • Melanodendron integrifolium (Black cabbage tree)

See also

  • Cabbage Tree Island
  • Cabbage Palm (disambiguation)

References

  1. ^ RIDLEY, H. N. 1930 (reprint from 1990) - THE DISPERSAL OF PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
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