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)
  • Cordyline banksii (Forest cabbage tree)
  • Cordyline indivisa (Mountain cabbage tree, Broad-leaved cabbage tree)
  • 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)
• Cussonia spicata, native to southern parts of Africa
• Gyrocarpus americanus ^[1]
• Livistona australis, the Cabbage tree palm of coastal New South Wales
• Moringa stenopetala, a crop tree native to Ethiopia and Kenya
• Sonchus brassicifolius, syn. Dendroseris litoralis, native to Chile's Juan Fernandez archipelago
• 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)