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NZ Plants

Cordyline indivisa - tī toii, mountain cabbage tree

family: Asparagaceae

Cordyline indivisa  has a stout usually unbranched stem. The very broad and rubbery, sword-shaped leaves with red and yellow veins on the underside are distinctive to this species.
An endemic species of higher elevations on the North Island extending down to lowland forest in southern areas of the South Island.
 

Vegetative characteristics

Reproductive characteristics

Plant form: shrub up to 8 m

Arrangement of parts: symmetric
 

Flower size: 7-10 mm diam.

Leaf form: undivided, sword-shaped

Sepals: 3, white-mauve

Leaf size: 1-2 m long x 10-15 cm wide

Petals: 3, white-mauve

Leaf arrangement: singly along stem

Sexuality: bisexual

Leaf attachment: clasping

Stamens: 3

Leaf margin: smooth

Ovary: above petals

Leaf surface: hairless

Fruit: fleshy


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