Habenaria grandifloriformis
Habenaria grandifloriformis
Habenaria grandifloriformis
Habenaria grandifloriformis
Habenaria grandifloriformis
Habenaria grandifloriformis
MO003 : Habenaria grandifloriformis Blatt. & McCann
| Plant Category | : | Orchid |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 491 |
| Synonym | : | Habenaria grandiflora Lindl. ex Dalzell & Gibson.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Single Leaved Habenaria, Large flowered Habenaria • Marathi: Ashadh habe-amri, Chichurkanda, Chikarkanda |
| Plant Family | : | Orchidaceae |
| Description | : | Terrestrial herbs, to 12 cm long; tuber solitary, 1.8 x 1 cm, ovoid. Leaves 2-3 x 1.5-3 cm, usually single, radical, lying flat on the ground, coriaceous, sessile, ovate or sub-orbicular, apex obtuse or acute, cordate at base. Flowers white, 1-4, in terminal racemes; scape with 1 or 2 sheaths at base; pedicels including ovary to 3 cm long; bracts 1-1.5 cm long, ovate, acuminate. Sepals free, unequal, ovate; dorsal short, 3-nerved; laterals longer, 5-7-nerved. Petals white, 2-partite; upper segment ovate, equal to sepals; lower narrowly linear. Lip 3-lobed; lateral segments narrower. Spur 2.5 cm long, longer than ovary. Column short, greenish-white. Anther 1, 2-celled; pollinia 2; caudicle long; gland orbicular; staminodes white, glandular. Ovary curved, ribbed; stigmatic processes 2 mm long, parallel, clavate; rostellum greenish, in between anther cells. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In higher elvations in Chikhaldara and Dhakna ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Used in Ayurveda. Tuber powder with milk in general debility. (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002) |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Single%20Leaved%20Habenaria.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229906
- http://medplants.blogspot.com/2016/08/habenaria_grandifloriformis_single.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plant |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Asparagales |
| Family | : Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
| Genus | : Habenaria |
| Species | : Habenaria grandifloriformis |