- Family : LILIACEAE
(Lily Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
- Synonym(s) : Anthericum tuberosum Hook.f.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chlorophytum arundinaceum Baker
- Vernacular name :
- Jhinka, Saphed musali, Bhinka, Musli, Bharat baturi (Oria)
- Biskondri (Hindi)
- Kusala (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Rare in crest of ghats
- Flower, Fruit : April-January
- Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, T.P.Ramamoorthy, K.N.Gandhi; H.O.Saxena, M.Brahmam
- Collection Date : 20-06-1972, 26-08-1982
- Collection Nos : HFP 2818, RRL 4924
- Collection Locality : Nagpuri, Hassan district; Jenabil, Odisha
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Vizianagaram district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : Malappuram district, Kottayam district
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Ratnagiri district
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 195
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chlorophytum arundinaceum. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.
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