Sansevieria pedicellata

Botanical Description

Sansevieria pedicellata is a stemless, evergreen, succulent perennial plant growing from a rhizomatous rootstock. It produces clumps of 4 - 15 leaves around 60 - 140cm long and 6cm wide. The plant can spread by suckers to form small colonies[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Sansevieria pedicellata has a restricted range and is known from only 10 sites. Only a small minority of the sites appear to have experienced significant habitat loss, and the fact that it occurs in steep and inaccessible ravine forests helps to protect it from human impact. The species is harvested locally for medicinal use, but we have inferred that this is having minimal impact on the population. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].