Asparagaceae FAMILY

Chlorophytum breviscapum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Perennial

Growth—

Chlorophytum species require a frost free climate, and can succeed from the subtropical zone to the tropics, in moist to humid climates^[1]. Species in this genus seem to be adapted to a wide range of conditions in cultivation, though they are generally found in soils rich in organic matter and can succeed in full sun or in shade^{[1, 2]}

Propagation

Seed - Division Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Chlorophytum+breviscapum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[2]New Crops FactSheets — Purdue University · http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/default.html ↩︎A website dedicated to giving information on potential new agricultural crops.
[3]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
[4]Indian Medicinal Plants; An Illustrated Dictionary — Khare C.P. (Ed.) · Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg · 2007 · ISBN 978-0-387-70637-5 ↩︎
[5]Comparative Pharmacognostic Study of Chlorophytum glaucum Dalz. and Chlorophytum breviscapum Dalz. — Patil V.N. et al · 2016 · ISBN 2320-7817 ↩︎
[6]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.