Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Alismorkis angraeciflora (Rchb.f.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Alismorkis diploxiphion (Hook.f.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Alismorkis furcata (Bateman ex Lindl.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Alismorkis gracillima (Lindl.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Alismorkis veratrifolia Kuntze, nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Amblyglottis veratrifolia Blume, nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Bletia quadrifida Hook.f., nom. inval. |
| synonym | Calanthe anchorifera Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe angraeciflora Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe anthropophora Ridl. |
| synonym | Calanthe australasica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. |
| synonym | Calanthe bracteosa Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe brevicolumna Hayata |
| synonym | Calanthe breviflos Ridl. |
| synonym | Calanthe catilligera Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe colorans Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe diploxiphion Hook.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe furcata Bateman ex Lindl. |
| synonym | Calanthe furcata f. albolineata K.Nakaj. |
| synonym | Calanthe furcata f. albomarginata K.Nakaj. |
| synonym | Calanthe furcata f. brevicolumna (Hayata) M.Hiroe |
| synonym | Calanthe gracillima Lindl. |
| synonym | Calanthe matsumurana Schltr. |
| synonym | Calanthe nephroglossa Schltr. |
| synonym | Calanthe orthocentron Schltr. |
| synonym | Calanthe petri Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe proboscidea Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe pubescens Ridl. |
| synonym | Calanthe rubicallosa Masam. |
| synonym | Calanthe triantherifera Nadeaud |
| synonym | Calanthe triplicata f. albolineata (K.Nakaj.) Hatus. |
| synonym | Calanthe triplicata f. albomarginata (K.Nakaj.) K.Nakaj. |
| synonym | Calanthe triplicata f. purpureoflora S.S.Ying, no type indicated. |
| synonym | Calanthe triplicata var. angraeciflora (Rchb.f.) N.Hallé |
| synonym | Calanthe triplicata var. gracillima (Lindl.) N.Hallé |
| synonym | Calanthe triplicata var. minahassae Schltr. |
| synonym | Calanthe veratrifolia R.Br. ex Ker Gawl., nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Calanthe veratrifolia var. australis Linden |
| synonym | Calanthe veratrifolia var. dupliciloba J.J.Sm. |
| synonym | Calanthe veratrifolia var. kennyi F.M.Bailey |
| synonym | Calanthe veratrifolia var. stenochila Rchb.f. |
| synonym | Calanthe veratrifolia var. timorensis J.J.Sm. |
| synonym | Limodorum ventricosum Steud. |
| synonym | Limodorum veratrifolium Willd., nom. superfl. |
| synonym | Orchis triplicata Willemet |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Leaves 35 x 9-10 cm, broadly elliptic-oblong, acute, glabrous, with 10-15 cm long petiole. Flowers rose, in 80-90 cm long pubescent, terminal raceme; flower bearing portion 5-10 cm long; dorsal sepal 11 x 7 mm, ovate, obtuse, 3-5-veined; lateral sepals 12 x 7 mm, elliptic, apiculate, 5-veined; petals 11 x 2-5 mm, obovate, 3-veined; lip 10 x 10 mm, 3-lobed, side lobes 5.5 x 2 mm, oblong, obtuse; midlobe, 2-lobuled, each 4 x 4.5 mm, obovate-oblong, rounded to truncate at apex; spur 20 mm long, disc with fleshy calli at mouth.
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 |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Humus rich forest floor
Evergreen forests
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 |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Widespread from India to Japan, Australia and the Pacific
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad
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 |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India: Peninsular India, North West India, Central India, North East India, Nagaland Tamil Nadu; China, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
Indian Distribution
Dibrugarh, Darrang, Golaghat
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7547
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7547 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- Calanthe veratrifolium R. Br., Bot. Reg. 9. Pl. 720. 1823; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 851. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1432(1001). 1928.
- Calanthe triplicata (Willem.) Ames, Philipp. J. Sci. 2: 326. 1907; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 263. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 391. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 470. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 407. 1998; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 172. 2004.
- Orchis triplicata Willem., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 52. 1793.
- Calanthe perrottetii A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, 15: 68. 1841.
- Limodorum veratrifolium Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 122. 1805.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7547
Information Listing > References
- Calanthe veratrifolium R. Br., Bot. Reg. 9. Pl. 720. 1823; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 851. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1432(1001). 1928.
- Calanthe triplicata (Willem.) Ames, Philipp. J. Sci. 2: 326. 1907; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 263. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 391. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 470. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 407. 1998; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 172. 2004.
- Orchis triplicata Willem., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 52. 1793.
- Calanthe perrottetii A.Rich., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, 15: 68. 1841.
- Limodorum veratrifolium Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 122. 1805.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7547
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Asparagales |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Genus | Calanthe |
| Species | Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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