Asparagaceae
Iguanatail
Dracaena hyacinthoides
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dracaena
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Dracaena hyacinthoidesAsparagaceae
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- حرق, دنق
- Chinese
- 大叶虎尾兰, 大葉虎尾蘭, 东非虎尾兰
- English
- Iguanatail, African bowstring hemp, Bowstring hemp, Mother-in-law's-tongue, Mother-in-laws-tongue, Piles root, Somali good luck plant, Somali hemp
- Swedish
- Bajonettlilja, Fiberbajonettlilja
Synonyms
- Acyntha guinensis (L.) Medik.
- Acyntha thyrsiflora (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Aletris guineensis (L.) Jacq.
- Aletris hyacinthoides (L.) L.
- Aletris hyacinthoides var. guineensis (L.) L.
- Aloe guineensis (L.) Jacq.
- Aloe guineensis L.
- Aloe hyacinthoides L.
- Aloe hyacinthoides var. guineensis L.
- Cordyline guineensis (L.) Britton
- Cordyline hyacinthoides (L.) W.Wight
- Pleomele aloifolia Salisb.
- Salmia guineensis (L.) Cav.
- Salmia spicata Cav.
- Sanseverinia thyrsiflora Petagna
- Sansevieria angustiflora Lindb.
- Sansevieria angustifolia Baker
- Sansevieria ceylonica Oken
- Sansevieria fulvocincta Haw.
- Sansevieria grandis Hook.f.
- Sansevieria grandis var. zuluensis N.E.Br.
- Sansevieria guineensis (L.) Willd.
- Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce
- Sansevieria laetevirens Haw.
- Sansevieria latifolia Bojer
- Sansevieria polyphylla Haw.
- Sansevieria rufocincta Baker
- Sansevieria spicata (Cav.) Haw.
- Sansevieria stenophylla Link
- Sansevieria thyrsiflora (Petagna) Thunb.
- Veltheimia guineensis (L.) Neck.
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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). About our plant data.