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Zeuxine flava
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Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
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Citation: Zeuxine flava (Wall ex Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 108. 1890; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 332. 1997. Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 444. 1998; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 213. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 339. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 231. 2004.
Monochilus flavum Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 437. 1840.
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Description:
Stem to 36 cm high, rhizome creeping, 5-10 cm long. Leaves 5 x 2 cm, elliptic, acute; petiole 2 cm long, sheathed. Flowers yellow, in 5-10 cm long, dense spike; peduncle 15-18 cm long; bracts 10 x 45 mm, ovate, acuminate, 3-veined; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 1-veined; lateral sepals elliptic, obtuse, 3-veined; petals subfalcate, oblong, obtuse, 1-veined; lip 3 x 1.5-3.5 mm; midlobe 2-lobuled, each 1.5 x 1-1.8 mm, `T' shaped on spreading, squarish; hypochile saccate, with backwardly curved glands; margins of mesochile incurved.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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, Orange
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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:
Rosemala, Pandimotta, Thekkady, Mangaladevi, Orukomban, Sairandhri
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