Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Robust perennial herb, up to 1.4 m tall, often forming clumps. leaves subdistichous, 4-7(12) per plant, sheathing at the base, 12-75 cm long, linear to linear-lanceolate, hairless; margins rough, sometimes shortly ciliate. Inflorescence a dense spike, up to 25 cm long on a terete peduncle up to 95 cm long, well exserted above the leaves. Flowers solitary in each bract, small, bell-shaped, white. Fruit an obovoid, 3-angled capsule, 4-8 mm long.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Chlorophytum colubrinum (Baker) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113330
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Common
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Chlorophytum colubrinum (Baker) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113330
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Angola, Congo (Brazzaville), DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Chlorophytum colubrinum (Baker) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=113330
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
