MO023 : Nervilia concolor (Blume) Schltr. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
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| Class |
: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Order |
: Asparagales |
| Family |
: Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
| Genus |
: Nervilia |
| Species |
: Nervilia concolor (Blume) Schltr. |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Moist places |
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| Plant Category : |
Orchid |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
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| Plant Family : |
Orchidaceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Sthalapadma, guchchha Nervi Amri,Duduki, Padmacarini |
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| Synonym : |
Nervilia aragoana Gaudich.
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| Description : |
Tubers about 2 cm across, subglobose, white. Leaf 12 x 8 cm, cordate, broadly ovate, acuminate, with 15-20 cm long petiole. Scape 20 cm tall, lax-flowered. Flowers greenish; bracts 14 x 2 mm, linear-lanceolate, subacuminate; sepals 20 x 4 mm, oblanceolate, acute; petals 20 x 5 mm, similar to sepals; lip 22 x 5 mm, 3-lobed, obovate; lateral lobes oblong, acute; midlobe ovate, acute, crenulate, crimped, incurved, 8 mm long. |
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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
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID :
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