On 30 Dec, 23:08, Charlie Pridham wrote:
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On 28 Dec, 22:32, "W" wrote:
In my office we have a plant that has a trunk like a yucca and leaves
like a
small rhubarb. Does anyone know what it is, it does not have a label and
no
one knows!
Thanks.

I'm no expert on house plants but you got me going all day with this -
I keep thinking of a dracaena or cordyline, because of the stem, then
for the leaves there's heuchera, rheum, even some begonias but none
have a single stem like you've mentioned. What are the colours of the
leaves and stem?

Thanks for replying. *I have imaged searched on Google on all of these plant
names and nothing really matches. *The trunk is dark brown, nearly black and
the leaves are an even dark green.

It's hard to identify a plant from an informal textual description such
as the above - what the phrases "trunk like a yucca" and "leaves like a
small rhumbarb" mean to me may not be what they mean to you. (And it can
be pretty hard to identify plants without flowers or fruits.)

However, try Aeonium. (Tho' I expect that the leaves of Aeonium are
smaller than you intend.)

I thought it sounded like an elephant eared begonia!

) Aeonium reminds me of artichokes. Begonias are the closest to the
leaves description, but are multi stems.