Habenaria digitata
Habenaria digitata
Habenaria digitata
Habenaria digitata
Habenaria digitata
MO015 : Habenaria digitata
| Plant Category | : | Orchid |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 50 |
| Synonym | : | Bonatea benghalensis Griff.; Bonatea herbacea Wall. ex Lindl.; Bonatea panduana Lindl. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Habenaria digitata var. travancorica (Hook.f.) Pradhan; Habenaria graveolens Duthie; Habenaria laciniata Dalzell; Habenaria travancorica Hook.f.; Habenaria trinervia Wight; Orchis mysorensis B.Heyne ex Wall.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Green Habenaria, Hirvi Habe-amri |
| Plant Family | : | Orchidaceae |
| Description | : | Plants up to 30 (-50) cm, with stalked ovate tuberoids. Stem stout, leafy. Leaves 5-7, sessile, largest and crowded in about the middle of stem, orbicular to oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, up to 10 x 4 cm, margin ± undulate. Inflorescence ± dense. Lower bracts foliaceous, the lower exceeding ovary, the upper ± equalling ovary. Flowers greenish-white. Sepals green, the dorsal sub-orbicular-concave, 6x6 mm, lateral sepals obliquely ovate-lanceolate, 10x4 mm. Petals 2-parted nearly to the base, posterior lobe greenish, curved backwards and upwards, linear-lanceolate, sickle-shaped, anterior lobe whitish, filiform, curved backwards, 10-12 mm long, usually slightly longer than posterior. Labellum deeply 3-parted, white at base, lobes subequal, narrow-linear, mid-lobe straight, 12-14 mm long, green towards the apex, side-lobes spreading and curved backwards, slightly variable in length, somewhat shorter than mid-lobe. Spur c.11 mm long, slightly shorter than ovary, inflated towards apex. Column 4-5 mm high; anther canals short, curved upwards; stigmatic processes clavate. Ovary glabrous. Fl. Per.: July-August. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Makhala & core of the MTR |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Green%20Habenaria.html
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242422752 |
| 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Lilidae |
| Order | : Orchidales |
| Family | : Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
| Genus | : Habenaria Willd. - bog orchid |
| Species | : Habenaria digitata |