Habenaria grandifloriformis Blatt. & McCannFamily: Orchidaceae
Synobym: Habenaria grandiflora Lindl. ex Dalzell & Gibson
Common name: Single Leaved Habenaria, Large flowered Habenaria
Marathi: आषाढ हबेअमरी Ashadh habe-amri, चिचुरकांदा Chichurkanda, चिकरकांदा Chikarkanda
Hindi: chhotaghodatap
Description: Terrestrial herbs, to 12 cm long; tuber solitary, 1.8 x 1 cm, ovoid. Leaves 2-3 x 1.5-3 cm, usually single, radical, lying flat on the ground, coriaceous, sessile, ovate or sub-orbicular, apex obtuse or acute, cordate at base. Flowers white, 1-4, in terminal racemes; scape with 1 or 2 sheaths at base; pedicels including ovary to 3 cm long; bracts 1-1.5 cm long, ovate, acuminate. Sepals free, unequal, ovate; dorsal short, 3-nerved; laterals longer, 5-7-nerved. Petals white, 2-partite; upper segment ovate, equal to sepals; lower narrowly linear. Lip 3-lobed; lateral segments narrower. Spur 2.5 cm long, longer than ovary. Column short, greenish-white. Anther 1, 2-celled; pollinia 2; caudicle long; gland orbicular; staminodes white, glandular. Ovary curved, ribbed; stigmatic processes 2 mm long, parallel, clavate; rostellum greenish, in between anther cells.
Used in Ayurveda. Tuber powder with milk in general debility.
2 Published articles of Habenaria grandifloriformis
1. Contributions to the megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis in Habenaria grandifloriformis Lindl. and Platanthera susannae (L.) Lindl. (Orchidaceae)
By: Swamy, K. Krishna; Kumar, H. N. Krishna; Ramaswamy, S. N.
Advances in Plant Sciences Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Pages: 439-448 Published: DEC 2005
2. IDENTITY OF HABENARIA-GRANDIFLORIFORMIS BLATT MCC
By: SASIKUMAR, B
CURRENT SCIENCE Volume: 44 Issue: 8 Pages: 277-277 Published: 1975
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