Plants herbs, often with tuberous roots Leaves most ly basal, linear to ovate. Inflorescences simple or branched, often with more than 1 floer per node or, if only 1, each flower with 2 associated bracts; peduncles with or without leaves or sterile bracts; pedicels usually articulated. Stigmas terminal, small. Capsules 3-angled or more or less deeply 3-lobed; seeds thin, flat or folded.
Chlorophytum includes about 200 species. Most are native to the Old World tropics. There are 18 species in Somaliland and Somalia.
Note: GBIF records include introduced and cultivated plants. Consequently, the distribution shown often differs from statements about a taxon's native distribution.