Native records: 1 botanical areas
India
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A perennial of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to India.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
India
- IndiaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
The same climate occurs in 71 areas worldwide, 70 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Chlorophytum indicum is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.43, left column, line 53
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Chlorophytum
Other species in Chlorophytum
- Chlorophytum humbertianum
- Chlorophytum humifusum
- Chlorophytum hypoxiforme
- Chlorophytum hysteranthum
- Chlorophytum immaculatum
- Chlorophytum inconspicuum
- Chlorophytum inornatum
- Chlorophytum intermedium
- Chlorophytum keiskammaenseGrass Lilies
- Chlorophytum kolhapurense
- Chlorophytum kollienseGrass Lilies
- Chlorophytum krauseanum
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
India · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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