Dracaena elliptica

Dracaena elliptica is a species of Asian tropical forest under-storey plants in the family Asparagaceae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

Distribution and description
The native range of this species is: Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, through southern China, Indo-China and western Malesia. In Vietnam the plant may be called phát dủ bầu dục (or phất dủ mảnh as D. gracilis).

D. elliptica is a shrub, up to 2 m high, with elliptic lanceolate leaves 200 - 300 mm long. The yellow berries are about 10 mm in diameter. The subspecies or variety  Dracaena eliptica gracilis of Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra is much smaller, with a stem only one foot (30 centimeters) high and about one-quarter inch (6 mm) thick