Cabbage tree

Cabbage tree is a common name for several plant species:

Andira inermis, native to Central and South America
Various members of the genus Cordyline native to New Zealand.
- Cordyline australis (Cabbage tree or Tī kōuka)
- Cordyline banksii (Forest cabbage tree or Tī ngahere)
- Cordyline indivisa (Mountain cabbage tree, Broad-leaved cabbage tree, Tōī or Tī tōī)
- Cordyline obtecta (Three Kings cabbage tree, native also to Norfolk Island, where it is known as Norfolk Island cabbage tree)
- Cordyline pumilio (Dwarf cabbage tree, Pygmy cabbage tree, Tī rauriki or Tī koraha)
Cussonia spicata, native to southern parts of Africa
Dendroseris litoralis, native to Chile's Juan Fernandez archipelago
Gyrocarpus americanus [1]
Livistona australis, the Cabbage tree palm of coastal New South Wales
Moringa stenopetala, a crop tree native to Ethiopia and Kenya
Various members of the Asteraceae from Saint Helena
- Pladaroxylon leucadendron (He cabbage tree - so called because its leaves are hairy)
- Lachanodes arborea (She cabbage tree - so called because its leaves are not hairy)
- Melanodendron integrifolium (Black cabbage tree)

References

RIDLEY, H. N. 1930 (reprint from 1990) - THE DISPERSAL OF PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

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