Chlorophytum laxum R.Br.

 
  • Family : LILIACEAE
    (Lily Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Phalangium parviflorum (Dalzell) Wight; Chlorophytum parviflorum Dalzell; Chlorophytum acaule Baker
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chlorophytum laxum R.Br.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, Tropical dry deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Fairly common in plains and on hill slopes
  • Flower, Fruit : May-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Telangana : Nizamabad district
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Amravati district, Buldhana district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Satara district
    • Odisha : Koraput district, Rayagada district, Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Vellore district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Chad, China, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Oman, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Old World Tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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.
    • Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
    • Mukekherjee, 1975
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chlorophytum laxum. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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