Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MO017 : Habenaria longicorniculata J.Graham

Plant Category : Orchid

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 52

Synonym : Habenaria gracilis Rchb.f., nom. illeg.; Habenaria longecalcarata A.Rich.; Habenaria longicalcarata var. viridis Blatt. & McCann.;

Plant Common Name : Long-Tailed Habenaria, Habenaria orchid, Sheput habe-amri,

Plant Family : Orchidaceae

Description : Stem 20-60 cm high. Leaves clustered towards base of stem, to 15 x 2 cm, oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute. Scape to 40 cm long. Flowers white, 2.5 cm across; sepals 1 x 0.6 cm, obliquely ovate; dorsal sepal concave; petals 1 x 0.3 cm, spathulate, obtuse; lip 3-partite, side lobes 1 x 0.6 cm, oblong, subcuneate, oblique at apex, subentire, 1 x 0.6 cm; midlobe linear-oblong, little shorter than the side lobes, narrower; spur to 12 cm long, linear, subclavate, to 12 cm long.

Plant Location in Melghat : core area of MTR

Medicinal Use / Activity : Folk;

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Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat. - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229902 - https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Long-Tailed%20Habenaria.html

Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass : Lilidae
Order : Orchidales
Family : Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Genus : Habenaria Willd. - bog orchid
Species : Habenaria longicorniculata

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