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Nervilia aragoana Gaudich.

Synonym: Nervilia concolor (Blume) Schltr.
Nervilia aragoana Gaudich.
Nervilia aragoana Gaudich.
Nervilia aragoana Gaudich.
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🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
Hindi
  • Sthalapadma
Malayalam
  • Nilathamara
  • Nilattamara
  • Orilathamara
  • Orlattamara
Marathi
  • Duduki
  • 'guchchha Nervi Amri' 'गुच्‍छ नरवी अमरी'
Other
  • Aragoa-like Nervilia
Sanskrit
  • Padmacarini
Tamil
  • Orilaittamarai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      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.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: April-May
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          📚 Habitat and Distribution
          General Habitat
          Moist places
          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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            Moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Description
              Global Distribution

              India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland; Bhutan

              Indian Distribution

              Assam

              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                Global Distribution

                Indo-Malesia, China to Australia and the Pacific

                Indian distribution

                State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad

                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                  📚 Occurrence
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                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses
                  Medicinal
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                    📚 Information Listing
                    References
                    1. Nervilia carinata (Lindl.) Schltr. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404. 1911; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1459(1020). 1928.
                    2. Pogonia scottii Rchb.f., Fl. 55: 276. 1872; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 120. 1890.
                    3. Pogonia carinata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 414. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 120. 1890.
                    4. Nervilia aragoana Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 422, t.35. 1829; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1459(1020). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 430. 1981; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 365. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 20. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 448. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 322. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 692. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 427. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 254. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 331. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 202. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 490. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 827. 2009.
                    5. Pogonia flabelliformis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 415. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 121. 1890.
                    Information Listing > References
                    1. Nervilia carinata (Lindl.) Schltr. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 404. 1911; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1459(1020). 1928.
                    2. Pogonia scottii Rchb.f., Fl. 55: 276. 1872; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 120. 1890.
                    3. Pogonia carinata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 414. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 120. 1890.
                    4. Nervilia aragoana Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 422, t.35. 1829; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1459(1020). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 430. 1981; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 365. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 20. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 448. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 322. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 692. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 427. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 254. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 331. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 202. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 490. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 827. 2009.
                    5. Pogonia flabelliformis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 415. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 121. 1890.

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                    📚 Meta data
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                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    RootRoot
                    KingdomPlantae
                    PhylumTracheophyta
                    ClassLiliopsida
                    OrderAsparagales
                    FamilyOrchidaceae
                    GenusNervilia
                    SpeciesNervilia concolor (Blume) Schltr.
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