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Cordyline (Asparagaceae [formerly part of Liliaceae]) not in The Student's Flora
 
The cabbage tree (Cordyline australis) endemic to New Zealand has become naturalised in Tasmania. It is an unmistakeable plant - it is a small tree with bare trunks, usually with a few branches. Each branch ends in a tuft of large (often ~0.5-1 m long, ~10 cm wide), parallel-veined leaves. The leaves are broadest near the middle.

   
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