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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MO017 : Habenaria longicorniculata J.Graham

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 52  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Orchidales
Family : Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Genus : Habenaria Willd. - bog orchid
Species : Habenaria longicorniculata
Plant Location in Melghat : core area of MTR  
Plant Category : Orchid  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Orchidaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Long-Tailed Habenaria, Habenaria orchid, Sheput habe-amri,
 
Synonym : Habenaria gracilis Rchb.f., nom. illeg.
Habenaria longecalcarata A.Rich.
Habenaria longicalcarata var. viridis Blatt. & McCann.
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.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Folk;
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
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 :