Cabbage tree is a common name for several plant species:
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Andira inermis
''Andira inermis'' is a nitrogen-fixing tree native to the area from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America (Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil); it has been introduced to the Caribbean, the Antilles, Florida, and Africa. The ...
'', native to Central and South America
* Various members of the genus ''
Cordyline
''Cordyline'' is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The subfamily has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae, or Lomandraceae. Other aut ...
'' native to New Zealand.
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Cordyline australis
''Cordyline australis'', commonly known as the cabbage tree, tī kōuka or cabbage-palm, is a widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand.
It grows up to tall with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, which are clustered at the tips of ...
'' (Cabbage tree)
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Cordyline banksii
''Cordyline banksii'' (forest cabbage tree, ''tī ngahere'') is a monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. The specific epithet ''banksii'' refers to the 18th-century botanist Joseph Banks.
Distribution
''Cordyline banksii'' tolerates a wide vari ...
'' (Forest cabbage tree)
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Cordyline indivisa
''Cordyline indivisa'' is a monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, where it is called mountain cabbage tree or bush flax. It is also known as the broad-leaved cabbage tree, and in the Māori language as .
Distribution
In the North Island ''Cordyl ...
'' (Mountain cabbage tree, Broad-leaved cabbage tree)
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Cordyline obtecta
''Cordyline obtecta'' (Ti, Norfolk Island cabbage tree, Three Kings cabbage tree) is a widely branching monocot tree native to Norfolk Island (the type locality), and to northern New Zealand. The species name ''obtecta'' derives from the Latin ...
'' (Three Kings cabbage tree, native also to Norfolk Island, where it is known as Norfolk Island cabbage tree)
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Cordyline pumilio
''Cordyline pumilio'', commonly known as the dwarf cabbage tree, pygmy cabbage tree or by its Māori names tī koraha or tī rauriki, is a narrow-leaved monocot shrub endemic to New Zealand. It usually grows up to tall, although rare example ...
'' (Dwarf cabbage tree, Pygmy cabbage tree)
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Cussonia spicata
''Cussonia spicata'', known as spiked cabbage tree, lowveld cabbage tree or common cabbage tree, is a tree in the family Araliaceae, which is native to the moister regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is cultivated as a garden plant in areas witho ...
'', native to southern parts of Africa
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Dendroseris litoralis
''Sonchus brassicifolius'', synonym ''Dendroseris litoralis'', is a species of flowering plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae. It is a small evergreen tree species known as the cabbage tree. It is endemic to the Juan Fernández Isla ...
'', native to Chile's Juan Fernandez archipelago
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Gyrocarpus americanus
''Gyrocarpus americanus'' is a flowering plant in the '' Hernandiaceae'' family, with a wide pantropical distribution. Its common names include the helicopter tree, propeller tree, whirly whirly tree, stinkwood or shitwood.
Description
''Gyroc ...
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[RIDLEY, H. N. 1930 (reprint from 1990) - THE DISPERSAL OF PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD]
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Livistona australis
''Livistona australis'', the cabbage-tree palm, is an Australian plant species in the family Arecaceae. It is a tall, slender palm growing up to about 25 m in height and 0.35 m diameter.Boland ''et al.'', pp. 71–72. It is crowned ...
'', the Cabbage tree palm of coastal New South Wales
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Moringa stenopetala
''Moringa stenopetala'', commonly known as the African Moringa or cabbage tree, is a deciduous tree in the plant genus ''Moringa'', native to Kenya and Ethiopia. A drought-resistant species, it is characterized by its bottle-shaped trunk, long tw ...
'', a crop tree native to Ethiopia and Kenya
* Various members of the
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
from Saint Helena
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Pladaroxylon leucadendron
''Pladaroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.[Lachanodes arborea
''Lachanodes arborea'', the she cabbage tree, is a small tree in the family Asteraceae. It is an endangered endemic of the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is now extinct in the wild.
See also
*Flora of St Helena The flora ...]
'' (She cabbage tree - so called because its leaves are not hairy)
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Melanodendron integrifolium'' (Black cabbage tree)
See also
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Cabbage Tree Island
Cabbage Tree Island, also known as the John Gould Nature Reserve, is a protected nature reserve and uninhabited continental island lying off the mouth of Port Stephens on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The reserve and island is name ...
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Cabbage Palm (disambiguation)
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