Chlorophytum glaucum

Botanical Description

Chlorophytum glaucum is an evergreen perennial plant growing from a tuberous rootstock; it produces a clump of sharp-tipped basal leaves around 30cm long and flowering stems that can be around 30 - 45cm tall[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. ]. This is one of several Chlorophytum species that are collectively known as ‘safed musli’ and are harvested in large quantities from the wild in India for their tubers, which are reputed to have a number of medicinal properties, particularly as a tonic. They are widely traded. The plant is also harvested for local use as a medicine[ 2043 Title Comparative Pharmacognostic Study of Chlorophytum glaucum Dalz. and Chlorophytum breviscapum Dalz. Publication Int. J. of Life Sciences, Special Issue A6 | February, 97-100, 2016 Author Patil V.N. et al Publisher Year 2016 ISBN 2320-7817 Description ].