Species · genus Chlorophytum · Asparagaceae

Pongol Sword

Chlorophytum laxum R.Br.

Growth habit

perennial

Native range

Bangladesh, Borneo, Chad, China Southeast, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Northern Territory, Oman, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen

Reference · C. laxum

Cultivars of C. laxum

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under C. laxum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Chlorophytum laxum is a tuberous-rooted perennial in the Asparagaceae, ranging widely from seasonally dry tropics in Africa and Arabia through to Australia and Southeast Asia. Its fleshy storage roots hold water and rot if kept wet, so let the top inch or two of mix dry before watering again. Give it bright indirect light and well-draining soil; it tolerates ordinary household humidity.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

15–27 °C

Soil mix

Light, well-draining potting mix

Propagation

Division of clumps at repotting

Fertilizing

Diluted liquid feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Occasional small white flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Non-toxic to cats & dogs

Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) — ASPCA non-toxic; the genus carries no toxic principle. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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