Chlorophytum indicum

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Chlorophytum indicum (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Dress, Baileya 9: 43 1961. (Syn: Asphodelopsis arangadinensis Steud. ex Baker; Chlorophytum attenuatum (Wight) Baker; Liliago indica (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) C.Presl; Ornithogalum indicum Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Phalangium attenuatum Wight; Phalangium indicum (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth);

Herbs, roots fleshy tuberous. Leaves radical, to 30 x 2 cm, flat, lanceolate, apex acute, margins thinly hyaline, ciliate. Racemes terminal; flowers white; bracts to 3 cm, ovate; pedicels to 1 cm, jointed at the middle; perianth lobes 1.5 x 0.5 cm, oblong, spathulate; stamens 7 mm, basally connate; ovary subglobose, 5 mm, style to 1 cm, stigma 3-fid.

Flowering and fruiting: September-December

Grasslands

Western Ghats (Endemic)

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

From India Biodiversity Portal)

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Chlorophytum indicum (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Dress SN June 27 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).

Chlorophytum indicum (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Dress ( = Chlorophytum attenuatum (Wight) Baker)

May be Chlorophyton comosum

Chlorophytum comosum is not reported in our regional floras, it is a wild herb and not from cultivated source. It is C. indicum only

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Nilgiris :: Chlorophytum for identification :: 281113MK001 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)

Please help me in identifying the Chlorophytum planted as ornamental in a Botanical Garden.

Date: 07 April 2013

Place: Conoor Botanic Gardens, Nilgiris

Alt.: c. 2000 m asl

Flowers look like C. glaucoides

It is Chlorophytum attenuatum

References:

The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP e-monocot India Biodiversity Portal

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