Cordyline fruticosa

Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. The plant is of great cultural importance to the traditional animistic religions of Austronesian and Papuan peoples of the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Island Southeast Asia, and Papua New Guinea. It is also cultivated for food, traditional medicine, and as an ornamental for its variously colored leaves. It is identified by a wide variety of common names, including ti plant, palm lily, cabbage palm.

Cordyline fruticosa
Foliage and fruit
Green C. fruticosa in Makawao Forest Reserve, Maui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Lomandroideae
Genus:	Cordyline
Species:	C. fruticosa
Binomial name
Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev.
Synonyms
Convallaria fruticosa L. Asparagus terminalis L. Cordyline terminalis Kunth Dracaena terminalis Lam. Terminalis fruticosa (L.) Kuntze