Sansevieria cylindrica

Botanical Description

Sansevieria cylindrica is a stemless evergreen perennial plant, producing succulent, erect, rigid leaves up to 75cm or more long and 25mm wide from a rhizomatous rootstock[ 500 Title Flora of Somalia Publication Author Thulin M. (Editor) Publisher Kew Publishing, London. Year 1993 ISBN Description Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses. ]. The leaves can reach a height of 1.8 metres. The flowering stem grows 60 - 90cm or more tall[ 500 Title Flora of Somalia Publication Author Thulin M. (Editor) Publisher Kew Publishing, London. Year 1993 ISBN Description Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses. ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for the fibre obtained from its leaves. It is cultivated for its fibre in various parts of the tropics[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].