Dracaena aurea

Dracaena aurea, the golden hala pepe, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of. It is a small evergreen tree, usually tall, but sometimes reaches. The gray, straight trunk does not have bark and is in diameter. The sword-shaped leaves are long and wide.
It was first described by Horace Mann Jr. as Dracaena aurea in 1867. In 1914, N. E. Brown moved it to the genus Pleomele. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families rejects the move.