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Chlorophytum macrophyllum

A large-leaved Chlorophytum found across tropical African savanna and open woodland, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to Zimbabwe. Broad leaves rise from a crown of fleshy, tuberous roots, and the plant grows in the summer rains and then dies back through the long dry season. Grow it hot and bright with a wet summer and a dry, warm rest.

Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows in wooded grassland, savanna and open woodland, often among grass or under scattered trees. The tuberous roots carry it through the dry season.

Recorded from 14 to 2,560 m, median about 1,120 m. Lowland West African sites are much hotter than the Ethiopian highland ones.

West AfricaCentral AfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEast Tropical AfricaSouth Tropical Africa

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ 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 CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.