Dracaena transvaalensis is a lesser known arborescent succulent species endemic to the dolomite formation of the southern portion of Limpopo Province and a northern outlier of the Drakensberg Range. In the past it was regarded as a synonym of the widespread forest species D. aletriformis (Bos, 1992), commonly found in the eastern coastal portions of South Africa from the Eastern Cape to Limpopo Province of South Africa, but differences in habitat, vegetative and floral characteristics strongly support the reinstatement of D. transvaalensis as a distinct species.