Lidah Ayam

Lidah Ayam
Scientific Name	Chlorophytum laxum ‘Bichetii’
Family	Liliaceae
Common name	Bichetii Grass, Siam Lily, False Lily Turf, Wheat Plant
Synonym	Anthericum parviflorum, Chlorophytum parviflorum, Phalangium parviflorum

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Popularly grown in home garden.  In India the leaves are eaten.

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An evergreen herbaceous perennial, native to South Africa but widespread elswhere in tropical Africa, India, Sri Lanka, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Northern Australia.

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tuberous roots and self propagate. Light: Medium light, partial shade

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Fast growing and petite in stature, about 30cm tall with a spread of 6- cm or more on ground.Exhibiting tufts of lime green grass like recurving leaves with thin ivory white margins. Leaves are slende and elongated with tapering tips, paper-thin, smooth and shiny, distichous and sessile, ranging between 10-40cm in length and up to 1.5 cm broad.. Star shaped 6 petaled flowers in white on a 10-20 cm non arching scape (flowing stalk). It has a short rhizome which produces fleshy tuberous roots as a cluster of whitish bulblets. (1) Others: Formaldehyde Removal Lim Y.W. & H.H. Kim (2010)

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India: Roots are used to treat diarrhoea and dysentry an also used as demulcent and galactogogue(1). Chlorophytum laxum ‘Bichetii’ (Bichetii Grass, Siam Lily, False Lily Turf, Wheat Plant) - http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-laxum-bichetii/ (1) Lim K.J., M. Jeong, D.W. Lee, J.S.Song, H.D. Kim, E.H. Yoo, S.J. Jeong & S.W. Han (2010) Variation in Formaldehyde Removal Efficiency among Indoor Plant SpeciesHortScience Vol 45(1) 1489-1495. - http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/45/10/1489.full

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