Chlorophytum polystachys
A widespread tropical African Chlorophytum, from Burkina Faso and Cameroon east to Kenya and south to Zimbabwe, with most records in Tanzania and Zambia at 300–1,700 m. It is a seasonal savanna and woodland herb with fleshy roots and a much-branched flowering stem, growing in the summer rains and resting through the dry season. Grow it bright, wet in summer and dry in winter.
Where it grows wild
Recorded sites lie in miombo and other savanna woodland and wooded grassland; species-specific habitat notes were not consulted, so this follows the recorded sites and the genus.
Recorded at 300–1,725 m, median about 1,200 m.
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