MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MO005 : Habenaria roxburghii Nicolson |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 493 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | At high elevations in Chikhaldara and Dhakna ranges | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Orchid | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Orchidaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Roxburgh's Habenaria, malle leena gadda, chekku dumpa • Telugu: Chukka dumpa | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Gymnadenia plantaginea (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Wall. Habenaria platyphylla Spreng. [Illegitimate] Orchis plantaginea Roxb. Orchis platyphyllos Willd. [Illegitimate] Orchis roxburghii Pers. [Illegitimate] Orchis tenuis Rottler ex Wall. [Invalid] |
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| Description : | Herbs; tubers one or two. Leaves 2 or 3, at the base, to 7 x 5 cm, orbicular, acute at apex, base sheathing. Racemes densely flowered, to 8 cm, flowers white; bracts 2 cm, lanceolate; sepals 8 mm, broadly ovate, lip 3-lobed, side lobes smaller, later lobes 8 mm, oblong; spur 4 cm, oblong, clavate at apex. Roxburgh's Habenaria is an erect tuberous ground orchid, up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are circular, lying flat on the ground. Flowers are white, borne in elongated racemes. Roxburgh's Habenaria is commonly found in the undergrowth of forest in shady localities in the Eastern Ghats. Flowering: July–August. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Tubers with garlic and pepper used to cure snake bite. Tuber extract mixed with sugar (Saccharum officinarum) and taken orally for cooling effect by lambidis. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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