Dianella ensifolia (L.) Redouté

 
  • Family : LILIACEAE
    (Lily Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
  • Basionym : Dracaena ensifolia L.
  • Synonym(s) : Dianella ensata (Thunb.) R.J.F.Hend.; Dracaena ensata Thunb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dianella ensifolia (L.) Redouté
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Herbs with branched, stoloniferous rootstocks and rigid stems; Leaves linear-lanceolate, keel and margin smooth or scabrid; Inflorescence panicle; Flowers white, greenish or bluish; Berries dark purple or blue.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : KMTR (Tirunelveli district)
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Réunion, Seychelles, Solomon I
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Réunion, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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.: 198
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dianella ensifolia. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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