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Smithsonia maculata
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Smithsonia maculata (Dalz.) Saldanha, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71: 74. 1974; Sasidh. & Muktesh, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 82: 241. 1985; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 121. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 337. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 696. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 222. 2004.
Micropera maculata Dalz., Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 282. 1851.
Saccolabium maculatum (Dalz.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 64. 1890.
Gastrochilus maculatus (Dalz.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 661. 1891.
Loxoma maculatum (Dalz.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 23: 184. 1972.
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Description:
Leaves 2 or 3, 6-10 x 2-3 cm, oblanceolate, apex unequally bilobed, base sheathed. Racemes lateral. Flowers ca 10 x 8 mm, sessile, yellowish with purple bands; bracts ca 2.5 x 2 mm, persistent, broadly ovate; sepals and petals 5-6 x 3.5 mm, obovate, oblong rounded; lip fleshy, 3-lobed, lateral lobes ca 2.5 mm long, midlobe ca 2.5 x 2 mm, obscurely 3-lobed, rounded; spur conical ca 5 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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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):
Yellow
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-900
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Localities:
Kariamchola, Kanthalppara, Nelluyampathy forests, Attayar
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