Chlorophytum macrophyllum (A. Rich.) Asch.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda

Photo: Bart Wursten
Old power station, Nyahode River

Plant found growing in riverine habitat
Woodland
NW of Katete town
Jan 2012
Photo: Nick Wightman

Close up of the flower
Woodland
NW of Katete town
Jan 2012
Photo: Nick Wightman

Close up of the dense inflorescence
Woodland
cultivated at Dabuyu Farms, Lilayi
Dec 2015
Photo: Nick Wightman

Synonyms:	Anthericum macrophyllum A. Rich.
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Description:	Robust perennial, 60-90 cm high, plants often in clumps. Leaves in a basal rosette, large, more or less broadly lanceolate, up to 90 × 12 cm, hairless. Peduncle terete, hairless. Inflorescence unbranched, dense; floral bracts small, hairless. Pedicels clustered, up to 9 at the lower nodes, 8-13 mm long. Flowers white; tepals 5-veined. Filaments shorter than anthers. Capsule shallowly deltoid, 5-8 mm long.
Type location:	Ethiopia
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Derivation of specific name:	macrophyllum: big-leaved
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread from Sierra leone to Ethiopia and south to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Literature:	Kativu, S., Hoell, G., Bjorå, C. S. & Nordal, I. (2008). Anthericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(1) Pages 85 - 86. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 85. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 57. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 104.

Flora of Malawi: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Flora of Mozambique: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Flora of Zambia: Chlorophytum macrophyllum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chlorophytum macrophyllum

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