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Chlorophytum inornatum

A West African forest Chlorophytum, a clumping herb with fleshy roots that grows in shaded, moist forest from Guinea to Cameroon. It wants warm, humid, shady conditions with a drier spell from December to February, and is grown much like a shade-loving tropical groundcover.

Chlorophytum inornatum
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At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Recorded from the Upper Guinea and Lower Guinea forest zones, where forest Chlorophytum species grow on the floor of moist and gallery forest. This is inferred from the genus and the range; species-specific habitat notes are scarce.

The few recorded elevations run 770–1060 m (median about 920 m), but records also come from lowland Ghana and Benin near 100 m.

GuineaSierra LeoneLiberiaIvory CoastGhanaBeninNigeriaCameroonEquatorial GuineaGuinea-Bissau

🔒 Growing it like that

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✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.