MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MO020 : Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr. |
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| Plant Category : | Orchid | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Orchidaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Slanting Gastrochilus, Nodding Swamp Orchid, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Geodorum formosanum Rolfe Geodorum nutans (Presl) Ames Limodorum densiflorum Lam. |
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| Description : | Deciduous herbs. Roots ca. 4 mm in diam. Corms, 1-5 cm in diam., usually with 2-3 internodes. Stems short or obscure, often with 3 leaves at apex. Leaves oblong, 15-30 cm long, 4-6 cm wide, apex acute, base cuneate, plicate. Peduncle as long as leaves, ca. 5-7 mm in diam., erect but bent down near apex, with 2 or 3 sheaths below; bracts lanceolate, 5-9 mm long. Flowers dense, pale pink or nearly white, perianth not opening widely; sepals and petals oblong, 9-12 mm, 3-4 mm wide, obtuse; lip cymbiform, 9-12 mm long, 8 mm wide, base shallowly saccate, apex truncate or emarginate, undulate, disc with fleshy longitudinal ridge, ridge yellow, bilobed at apex, with 2 small pubescent calli at base; column ca. 4 mm long, foot 2 mm long; anther white, orbicular-ovate, 1.5 mm long; pollinia ellipsoid, 1 mm long, with rectangular stipe of same length. Fruits fusiform, to 4 cm long, peduncle straightened and elongate at maturity. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The tuberous base is regarded as emollient when utilized as a poultice. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
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