EPPO Global Database

Dianella ensifolia(DNLEN)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DNLEN
  • Preferred name: Dianella ensifolia
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Redouté

Notes

Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Bangladesh, northeast India, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Japan, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, New Guinea.  Introduced in USA (Florida). A herb with medicinal properties


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Dianella nemorosa Lamarck

Common names
Name Language
flax lily English
umbrella dracaena English
dianela Portuguese
kikyôran Japanese
キキョウラン Japanese
shān jiān shǔ Chinese
山菅属 Chinese
akar siak Indonesian