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Tainia bicornis
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Tainia bicornis (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia 5: 54. 1857; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 820. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1427(998). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 290. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 306. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 493. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 471. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 27. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 455. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 330. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 439. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 211. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 696. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 224. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 851. 2009.
Ainia bicornis Lindl., Bot. Reg. 28: 37. 1842.
Ania latifolia Wight, Ic. 3:10. t. 914. 1844-45, non Lindl. 1831.
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Description:
Terrestrial herbs, to 50 cm high, with ovoid conical pseudobulb, 8-10 x 1-2 cm. Leaves solitary, 10-20 x 6-7 cm, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, with 10-20 cm long petiole. Flowers greenish yellow, in 30-60 cm long, few-flowered raceme, from the base of pseudobulb; dorsal sepal linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 3-4-veined; lateral sepals subfalcately linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 3-5-veined; petals linear-lanceolate, falcate, subacute, 3-7-veined; lip 18 x 1-9 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes ovate, obtuse; midlobe, obcordate or emarginate; disc with 3 parallel ridges.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India 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):
Green, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
800-1200
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Localities:
Sholayar, Rosemala, Kallar, Mlappara, Valiyaparathode, Kunthipuzha dam site area, Chemungi, Athirumala
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