• Family : LILIACEAE
  (Lily Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ASPARAGACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chlorophytum malabaricum Baker
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Evergreen and shola forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1200m, in moist, shallow soil by sun-exposed rocks.
• Flower, Fruit : June-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district
  • Tamil Nadu : Locally abundant in Tamil Nadu
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3.; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chlorophytum malabaricum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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