Cordyline Fruticosa

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Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, known by a wide variety of common names including Cabbage Palm, Good Luck Plant, Palm Lily, Ti Plant, Ki, La'i (Hawaiian), Ti Pore (Maori), Si (Tongan), "Lauti" (Samoan), and ʻAuti (Tahitian).

Formerly treated in the families Agavaceae and Laxmanniaceae (now both subfamilies of the Asparagaceae in the APG III system), it is a woody plant growing up to 4 m (13 ft) tall, with leaves 30-60 cm (12-24 in) (rarely 75 cm/30 in) long and 5-10-centimetre (2.0-3.9 in) wide at the top of a woody stem.

It produces 40-60-centimetre (16-24 in) long panicles of small scented yellowish to red flowers that mature into red berries.