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Dracaena singularis

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ89111352 ↗
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Dracaena singularis is a species of succulent plant in the genus Dracaena native to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Initially mistakenly placed in the genus Boophane at first, by the 1980s the plant was reclassified into the genus Sanseviera, until that entire genus was merged with Dracaena. The species is named singularis because at its mature size, it has only a single leaf up to 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) in length, while in a juvenile state it displays small rosettes of several leaves.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dracaena singularis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.