Description

It is a palm-like plant with an attractive fan-like and spirally arranged cluster of broadly elongated leaves at the tip of the slender trunk. The leaves range from red to green and variegated forms. It is a woody plant with leaves wide at the top of a woody stem.
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Lomandroideae
Genus: Cordyline
Species: C. fruticosa
The roots and young leaves can be cooked and eaten as survival food. The leaves can make a rain cloak.The plants are also widely used for traditional medicine, dye, and ornamentation throughout Austronesia and New Guinea