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Habenaria foliosa
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Habenaria foliosa A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. 15: 71. 1841.
Habenaria gibsonii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 135. 1890.
Habenaria digitata Lindl. var. gibsonii (Hook.f.) C.E.C. Fisch. in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1469(1027). 1928; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 443. 1996.
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Description:
Tuberous herbs. Leaves to 11 x 2.5 cm, equidistant, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, mucronate, glabrous. Scape to 10 cm long, flowers white, about 5, to 1.5 cm across. Dorsal sepal elliptic, concave 6 x 7 mm; laterals falcate, 1 x 0.5 cm. Petals 2-partite, lobes linear, upper 7 x 1 m, lower 5 x 1 mm. Lip deeply 3-lobed, lobes linear, minutely warty; midlobe 1.3 x 0.1 cm; side lobes 1 cm long; spur longer than ovary.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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):
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar
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