African Spear
Dracaena angolensis (Welw. ex Carrière) Byng & Christenh.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- —
Asparagaceae
Also called Cylindrical Snake Plant, Spear Sansevieria, Saint Bárbara Sword
Formerly Acyntha cylindrica, Cordyline cylindrica, Sansevieria angolensis, Sansevieria cylindrica, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Trop. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Portuguese
- lança-de-são-jorge
- Finnish
- keihäsanopinkieli
- Japanese
- ボウチトセラン
- Chinese (China)
- 筒叶虎尾兰
- Chinese
- 圓柱虎尾蘭, 棒叶虎尾兰
- French
- Sansevière à feuilles cylindriques
- Russian
- Сансевьера цилиндрическая
- Thai
- ว่านงาช้าง
- Hebrew
- כידונן גלילני
- Polish
- wężownica cylindryczna
- Turkish
- Silindiril Sivridil
- Slovak
- sansevieria angolská
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Dracaena angolensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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