114 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons

► Subclass Liliidae

► Order Liliales

► Family Liliaceae - Lily family

► Family (Alt) Laxmanniaceae

► Family (Alt) Lomandraceae

► Family (Alt) Asteliaceae

► Genus Cordyline Comm. ex R. Br. - Cordyline

Synonyms

(=) Asparagus terminalis L., nom. illeg.

≡ Convallaria fruticosa (basinom) L.

(=) Cordyline terminalis Kunth, nom. illeg.

Cordyline terminalis var. ferra (L.) Baker

(=) Dracaena terminalis L. | Lam., nom. illeg. | Rich.

≡ Terminalis fruticosa (L.) Kuntze

Common names

Caсa de indio (English)

Croto (English)

False palm (English)

Good luck tree (English)

Good-luck-plant (English)

Hawaiian good-luck plant (English)

Hawaiian ti (English)

Hawain good-luck-plant (English)

Keulenlilie (English)

Palm-lily (English)

Polynesian ti plant (English)

Red tree of kings (English)

Ti (English)

Ti tree (English)

Tree-of-kings (English)

Cordyline (French)

 

Keulenlilie (German)

Драцена верхушечная (Russian)

Кордилина (Russian)

Caña de indio (Spanish)

Croto (Spanish)

 

Sawang (Borneo (Malay))

Jeluang (Sumatra (Malay))

 

Zhu jiao (Chinese)

 

Coqueiro-de-vênus (Brazil (Portuguese))

Cordiline (Brazil (Portuguese))

Dracena-vermelha (Brazil (Portuguese))

Papagaio (Brazil (Portuguese))

Description

Tiny pale mauve tubular flowers with five recurved lobes and conspicuous exserted yellow- tipped stamens; borne in dense branching somewhat pendulous spikes. A medium to large shrub, usually with brightly coloured leaves.