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Boesenbergia tiliifolia
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Synonym |
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Gastrochilus tiliaefolia
Baker |
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Family |
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Zingiberaceae |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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August - November |
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Distribution |
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India |
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Endemic/Exotic |
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Endemic |
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Key
botanical characters: Rhizome
small, fleshy, perennial; roots slender, fascicled, occasionally
tuberous. Leafy shoot 15-30 cm tall;
stem short, completely included within leaf sheaths; occasionally with
axillary bulbils; internodes short, 2-3 cm long. Leaves 3-4, distichous, produced towards
the top, petiolate, petiole 2-4 cm; lamina 8-20 x 6-11 cm, elliptic, tip
acute, distinctly oblique at base, glabrous, tip hairy; ligulate, ligule c.
5 mm long, of two triangular lobes, membranous, glabrous. Inflorescence
subsessile, 6-8 cm long, included within the leaf sheaths, densely flowered.
Bracts c. 2 x 1 cm, oblong-lanceolate, green, sparsely hairy, each
subtends a single flower. Flower white.  |
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