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Dendrobium ovatum
Synonym
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Callista ovata
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam - Vella itthil
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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December-January
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Distribution
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Western Ghats
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Distribution
in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Moist deciduous forest also in the plain
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Endemic/Exotic
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Endemic to Western Ghats
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Uses
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Used in Folk medicine
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Key
botanical characters:
Epiphytic herbs;
stem tufted, 10-25 cm long; internodes 2-3 cm long. Leaves appears before
flowering, 5-7 x 2-2.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, base sheathing, apex acute.
Racemes many-flowered, 3-8 cm long, terminal or from axils of fallen leaves.
Flowers 1.5-2 cm across, creamy white; bracts ovate-lanceolate. Sepals
1.2-1.5 x 0.4-0.6 cm, elliptic-oblong. Petals 1.2-1.5 x 0.5-0.7 cm, lateral
petals spatulate. Lip c. 1.5 cm long, 3-lobed, yellow-hairy on dorsal side,
mid-lobe large, obovate, side-lobes small, falcate; mentum 4-5 mm long.
Pedicel and ovary 1.5-2 cm long. Capsule fusiform.  |
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