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Halapepe (Dracaena aurea)

Description

Dracaena aurea, the-golden hala pepe, is a species of-flowering plant-that is-endemic-to the island of-Kaua-i-in-Hawaii. It inhabits-coastal mesic-and-mixed mesic forests-at elevations of 120-1,070-m (390-3,510-ft).-It is a small-evergreen-tree, usually 4.6-7.6-m (15-25-ft) tall, but sometimes reaches 12-m (39-ft). The gray, straight-trunk-does not have-bark-and is 0.3-0.9-m (0.98-2.95-ft) in diameter. The sword-shaped-leaves-are 20-51-cm (7.9-20.1-in) long and 1-3-cm (0.39-1.18-in) wide

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Asparagaceae

              • Genus: Dracaena