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Cymbidium aloifolium (L.)Sw.
Synonym
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Cymbidium aloifolium var. pubescens
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam-kansjiram- maravara
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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April-May
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia
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Distribution
in kerala
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Wayanad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram,Palakkad,
Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Uses
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Antifungal and cytotoxic activities
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Key botanical characters:
Robust epiphytic; roots numerous, densely covering
the base. Leaves 30-35 x 1.5 x 2 cm, oblong, obtuse at apex. Flowers in 30-40
cm long, pendulous, lax slender racemes; sepals similar, 25 x 5 mm,
linear-lanceolate, acute, 7-veined; petals 20 x 6 mm, oblong-lanceolate,
acute, 5-veined; lip 17 x 10 mm, trilobed, lateral lobes obliquely oblong,
obtuse, less than column; midlobe ovate, acute, disc with 2 fleshy calli at
the mouth of the small saccate base.
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