Scientific Name: Cordyline fruticosa

Common name: Ti Plant, Cabbage Palm, Good Luck Plant, Palm Lily
Description:
An evergreen flowering plant in the Asparagus family,
Asparagaceae. It is a woody plant growing up to 4 m (13 ft) tall, with
leaves 3060 cm (1224 in) (rarely 75 cm or 30 in) long and 510centimetre (2.03.9 in) wide at the top of a woody stem. It produces
4060-centimetre (1624 in) long panicles of small scented
yellowish to red flowers that mature into red berries.
Economic Importance:
A cultivated plant. Its starchy rhizomes, which are very sweet when
the plant is mature, were eaten as food or as medicine, and its
leaves were used to thatch the roofs of houses, and to wrap and
store food. Leaves were also used to make items of clothing
including skirts worn in dance performances in Hawaii. The roots of
the t plant were used as a glossy covering on surfboards in Hawaii
in the early 1900s. Ti is a popular ornamental plant, with numerous
cultivars available, many of them selected for green or reddish or
purple foliage. In Hawaii, t rhizomes are fermented and distilled to
make okolehao, a liquor.