- 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 26 July 2024.
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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