Dracaena goldieana, or queen of dracaenas, is a tropical shrub in the family Asparagaceae. It is native to Central Africa and Nigeria. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, valued for its richly variegated foliage.
Dracaena goldieana is a small, rhizomatous understory shrub or subshrub growing to 30âÂÂ60 cm high with a slender stem, up to 1 cm in diameter. The ovate leaves, which measure 18âÂÂ30 cm long and up to 6.5 cm wide, terminate in a filiform (threadlike) . The leaves are dark green, retained along the entire stem, and are variegated with transverse bands of light grey.
The flowers of D. goldieana are sessile, white in colour, and form dense clusters 25-30 mm long.
Dracaena goldieana is native to Nigeria and western Central Africa, including Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Zaire. It has also been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago.