Dracaena ovataDracaena ovata is a shrub or small tree within the family Asparagaceae.DescriptionThe species grows up to tall. The stem is commonly yellowish brown in color and is fibrous when young with prophylls often present. Its leaves are arranged in whorls, petiole is present and up to ; leaves are ovate to obovate in outline, can reach up to long and wide, base is cuneate while apex is acuminate. Inflorescence is terminal racemes, up to long with white flowers. The fruit is globular in shape, and up to in diameter, green when young and yellow and orange when ripe.DistributionThe species occurs in West Africa, from Sierra Leone westwards to Southern Cameroon.