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Eulophia graminea
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Eulophia graminea Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 182.1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 2. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1435(1003). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 296. 1981; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 478. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 686. 1997; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 189. 2004.
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Description:
Plants with scape separate form shoot with many linear-lanceolate, persistent leaves. Scape lateral, exceeding the leaves, slender, up to 60-80 cm, with scattered, broadly ovate, c.10 mm long sheaths. Inflorescence lax, ± branched. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 5-8 mm long. Flowers spreading, greenish with darker purple, netted veins; sepals lanceolate, acuminate; petals somewhat broader, acute. Labellum 12 mm long, 3-lobed; side-lobes pale green to purplish, small, triangular- oblong, obtuse; mid lobe pale rose, subrotund, with undulate margins; disk in centre between side-lobes with 3-5 purple nerves, getting densely fimbriate on mid-lobe. Spur cylindric, 3-4 mm long, slightly dilated at apex. Column 4-5 mm. Ovary glabrous, with equally long, hardly twisted pedicel; ripe seed-capsule enlarged.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar, Malaya, China, Formosa, Philippines and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Purple, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Mukkali forests, Nilambur
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