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 Eulophia graminea Lindl.

Synonym	:	Graphorkis inconspicua (Griff.) Kuntze
Family	:	Orchidaceae
Local name	:	English- Grass Eulophia
Flowering and fruiting period	:	February-May
Distribution	:	India, Myanmar, Malaya, China,
Distribution in kerala	:	Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur
Habitat	:	Moist areas
Uses	:	The tubers are sometimes used as vermifuge, demulcent and analgesic.
Key Botanical Charcters : linear-lanceshaped, grass-like, persistent leaves. Flowering stems are lateral, exceeding the leaves, slender, up to 60-80 cm long, with scattered, broadly ovate, about 1 cm long sheaths. Inflorescence is lax, branched. Bracts are lanceshaped, long-pointed, 5-8 mm long. Flowers are spreading, greenish with darker purple, netted veins. Sepals are lanceshaped, long-pointed. Petals are somewhat broader, pointed. Lip is 1.2 cm long, 3-lobed. Side-lobes are pale green to purplish, small, triangular-oblong, blunt. Mid lobe is pale rose, round, with wavy margins. Disk in the center between side-lobes with 3-5 purple nerves, getting densely frilly on mid-lobe. Spur is cylindric, 3-4 mm long, slightly dilated at the tip. Column is 4-5 mm long. Ovary is hairless, with equally long, hardly twisted stalk. Ripe seed-capsule is enlarged.