Chlorophytum glaucum
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Description
A herbaceous plant in the Asparagaceae family found in tropical regions on moist slopes and along streams. The young leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Edible Uses
Young leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The young leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
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Medicinal Uses
The tuber is used as an aphrodisiac and galactogogue, as well as for its nutritive, health promoting properties and immunoenhancing, hepatoprotective and antioxidants activities. The tubers are also used in the treatment of fevers and leucorrhoea.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows on moist slopes and along streams.
Where It Grows
Asia, India,
Cultivation
Chlorophytum species require a frost free climate, and can succeed from the subtropical zone to the tropics, in moist to humid climates. Species in this genus seem to be adapted to a wide range of conditions in cultivation, though they are generally found in soils rich in organic matter and can succeed in full sun or in shade.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Pulum musali
References (1)
- Bhogaonkar, P. Y. & Devarkar, V. D., 2018, Inventory for ethnovegetable knowledge of the tribals of Satpura hill area-Melghat, Dist. Amravati (India), Plantae Scientia, 2018; Vol. 01 Issue 01: 01-08
