Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MO004 : Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.

Plant Category : Orchid

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 492

Synonym : Gymnadenia plantaginea Lindl.; Plantaginorchis plantaginea (Lindl.) Szlach.;

Plant Common Name : plantain habenaria, kadali habe-amri, Plantain Orchid,

Plant Family : Orchidaceae

Description : Herbs; stem 6-20 cm high. Leaves 3 or 4, 5.5-8.5 x 2-3 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute, adpressed to the ground. Flowers white, in about 26 cm long, lax raceme; dorsal sepal 5 x 4 mm, broadly ovate, obtuse, 3-veined, hooded; lateral sepals 6 x 3.5 mm, obliquely elliptic, obtuse, 5-veined; petals 4 x 2 mm, obliquely elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 1-veined; lip 3-lobed; lateral lobes 6 x 7 mm, ovate, subacute, crenate; midlobe 6 x 2 mm, spathulate, subacute; spur 33 mm long, cylindric, acute.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : Tubers used as folk medicine to treat cough, asthma, helminthiasis, insanity and snake bite. The plant has been used as medicine for the treatment of tuberculosis and paralysis.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: -

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/244295 - http://www.arjournals.org/index.php/ijpm/article/view/512

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Asparagales
Family : Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Genus : Habenaria
Species : Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.

Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.
Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.
Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.
Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.
Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.