Asparagaceae
Corn plant
Dracaena fragrans
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dracaena
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- أيدع أريجي
- arz
- ايدع اريجى
- Azerbaijani
- Ətirli drasena
- Bulgarian
- Ароматна драцена
- Chinese
- 香龍血樹, 香龙血树, 巴西木, 竹蕉
- Czech
- Dračinec vonný, Dračinec deremský
- English
- Corn plant, Fragrant dracaena
- ff
- Boɗeehi
- Finnish
- Tuoksutraakkipuu
- Ganda
- Empaanyi
- hsb
- Dracena
- Italian
- Tronchetto della felicità
- Korean
- 행운목
- Lithuanian
- Kvapioji dracena
- Malay
- Pandan serani
- Persian
- دراسینا درمنسیس
- Polish
- Dracena wonna, Smokowiec wonny
- Russian
- Драцена душистая
- Slovak
- Dracéna voňavá
- Spanish
- Tronco del Brasil
- Swedish
- Doftdracena, Banddracena
- Vietnamese
- Thiết mộc lan
Synonyms
- Aletris fragrans L.
- Aloe fragrantissima Jacq.
- Cordyline fragrans (L.) Planch.
- Dracaena albanensis Sander ex Mast.
- Dracaena aureolus W.Bull ex Mast.
- Dracaena broomfieldii Sander ex Mast.
- Dracaena broomfieldii var. superba Sander ex Mast.
- Dracaena butayei De Wild.
- Dracaena deisteliana Engl.
- Dracaena deremensis Engl.
- Dracaena deremensis var. warneckei Engl.
- Dracaena ensifolia var. greigii Regel
- Dracaena fragrans f. wacheana Wacha ex Siebert
- Dracaena fragrans var. massangeana (Rodigas) E.Morren
- Dracaena fragrans var. victoria (W.Bull) O.F.Cook
- Dracaena janssensii Mast.
- Dracaena latifolia f. rothiana Siebert
- Dracaena lindenii Linden ex André
- Dracaena massangeana hort. ex É.Morren
- Dracaena smithii Baker ex Hook.f.
- Dracaena steudneri var. kilimandscharica Engl.
- Dracaena ugandensis Baker
- Dracaena victoria W.Bull
- Draco fragrans (L.) Kuntze
- Pleomele deremensis (Engl.) N.E.Br.
- Pleomele fragrans (L.) Salisb.
- Pleomele smithii (Baker ex Hook.f.) N.E.Br.
- Pleomele ugandensis (Baker) N.E.Br.
- Sansevieria fragrans (L.) Jacq.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: bullj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
FlowerPhoto: Abujoy, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
FlowerPhoto: Mitiku Muanenda Adula, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Whole plantPhoto: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
LeavesPhoto: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Nickjhowe, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: luisella_4, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Whole plantPhoto: donna cloutier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
LeavesPhoto: Hatem moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
LeavesPhoto: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
LeavesPhoto: Rosina Peixoto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.