Los cordyline son arbustos con hojas semejantes a hojas de palma , perennes. Las hojas salen como rosetas o mechones de hojas lineales y produce unas panículas terminales fragantes.
Rounded shrub or small tree. It has leaves with small, oval and glossy deep green leaflets. Its small flowers are pale green in female plants and red in male plants. It yields small berries, which turn black when ripe.