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Sansevieria hyacinthoides

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{{stub}}[[File:P3240128-1.jpg|thumb|right]]'''Sansevieria hyacinthoides''' is a stemless evergreen perennial plant, producing succulent, erect, rigid leaves 15 - 85cm or more long and 25 - 80mm wide from a freely-spreading. The leaves can be up to 1.2 metres long. The flowering stem grows 45 - 75cm or more tall. The plant is gathered from the wild for the fibre obtained from its leaves. This is used locally. The plant is cultivated as a fibre crop in some parts of the tropics, especially tropical America, and is also often grown as an ornamental.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Internal parasites}}, {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Toothache}}, {{Uses|Ear affections}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Haemorrhoids}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
It contains phytochemical analyses revealed that the leaves, rhizomes, and roots are characterized by alkaloids, flavonoids, and steroids. Pharmacological research revealed that S. hyacinthoides crude extracts have anthelmintic, antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant activities.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen perennial}}
==Identification==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Division of the rootstock}}, {{Propagation|Leaf cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 15 - 36°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 700 - 1,400mm, but tolerates 500 - 2,000mm.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|On bushveld}}, {{Commonly seen|On savannah}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|On well drained sandy sol}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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Image:Sanseveria hyacinthoides0.jpgFile:P3240128-1.jpg|BudFile:Sansevieria - cimetière du marin.jpg|In MartiniqueFile:Sansevieria hyacinthoides inflorescence (4522637575).jpg|MozambiqueFile:Mother-In-Laws-Tongue (Sansevieria hyacinthoides) (32263742585).jpg|South AfricaFile:Sansevieria grandis - Boane (10222941903).jpg|MozambiqueFile:Sansevieria grandis 2 (10222752314).jpg|Mozambique
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/34721#:~:text=Phytochemical%20analyses%20revealed%20that%20the,%2C%20antifungal%2C%20and%20antioxidant%20activities. Chemical contituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">["Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sansevieria+hyacinthoides Cultivation"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://pza.sanbi.org/sansevieria-hyacinthoides Sansevieria hyacinthoides on pza.sanbi.org]* [ https://garden.org/plants/view/232437/Snake-Plant-Sansevieria-hyacinthoides/ Sansevieria hyacinthoides on garden.org]* [ https://wildflowernursery.co.za/indigenous-plant-database/sansevieria-hyacinthoides/ Sansevieria hyacinthoides on wildflowernursery.co.za]
[[Category:Herbs]]
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