Chlorophytum glaucum
Chlorophytum glaucum
Chlorophytum glaucum
Chlorophytum glaucum
MH393 : Chlorophytum glaucum Dalzell
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 60 |
| Synonym | : | Anthericum nimmonii J.Graham.;
Hartwegia nimmonii Dalzell ex Baker.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Scaly-Stem Chlorophytum |
| Plant Family | : | Liliaceae |
| Description | : | a perennial herb, found in Western Ghats. Root fibres are cylindric. Leaves are 6-8, membranous, 1-1.5 ft long, 1-2 inches wide, narrowly inverted-lanceshaped, pointed, hairless, glaucous, with a short broad stalk. Flowering stem is 1-2 ft long, upright, covered with many lanceshaped sheaths. White flowers are borne in dense racemes 0.5-1 ft long, 1 inch broad. Persistent bracts form a coma at the top, before flowering. Bracts are lanceshaped, long-pointed, lower 1.8-2.5 cm long, upper ones 6-8 mm long. Flower stalks are 6-13 mm, upward pointing, jointed at or above the middle. Tepals are less than 1.3 cm long, and 3 mm broad, linear-lanceshaped, blunt-tipped, 5-nerved. Stamens are 8 mm long, anthers 4 mm long. Style is 8 mm long with minute stigma. Capsules are round, notched, with 3 pointed wings. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dhargad, Gullarghat |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Roots tubers are nutritious; also used to cure sexual impotency (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Scaly-Stem%20Chlorophytum.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229157 |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some ethnomedicinally important new plant reports from Melghat"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2008); 32(Suppl.): 214-215. PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Liliidae |
| Order | : Liliales |
| Family | : Liliaceae - Lily family |
| Genus | : Chlorophytum ker Gawl. - chlorophytum |
| Species | : Chlorophytum glaucum |