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Zeuxine affinis
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 108. 1890; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 332. 1997; Sasidh. et al., Rheedea 9: 159. 1999; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 231. 2004.
Monochilus affinis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 487. 1840, p.p.
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Description:
Terrestrial herbs, 20-30 cm tall, with a creeping rhziome, 10-15 cm long. Leaves 3-4.5 x 1-1.5 cm, ovate or elliptic, acute, with sheathing base. Flowers white, 2 x 1 cm, in about 15-25 cm long lax raceme including 10-18 cm long, hairy peduncle; bracts 6 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acuminate, pubescent outer. Dorsal sepals and petals connated, sepals hairy dorsally; Dorsal sepal, 6 x 5 mm, ovate obtuse; lateral sepals 6 x 5mm, elliptic, obtuse. Petals 6-6.5 x 2.5 mm, falcate, oblong, obtuse. Lip 11 x 10 mm, saccate at base, with two cylindrical acute glands; epichile, 2 lobulate, lobules each 7 x 3.5-4 mm, obconical, truncate, wavy along margins. Column 5 x 2.5 mm; anther dorsal.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Kollam, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, also in grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pandimotta, Kattalappara
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