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Bulbophyllum sterile (Lam.) Suresh
Synonym
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Bulbophyllum caudatum
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam – Mookittakaya
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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December-January
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Distribution
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India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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Distribution
in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Common in all forest types
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Uses
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Medicinal. It possess antitumor activity
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Key
botanical characters: Epiphytes; rhizome creeping, stolon-like.
Pseudo-bulbs fleshy, yellowish-green, 2-3 cm long, conical-ovoid, faintly
4-angled. Leaves single, apical, sessile, 4-12 x 1.5-3 cm, elliptic-oblong,
apex obtuse, coriaceous. Racemes lateral, 6-10 cm long, sheathing at base.
Flowers brownish, c. 1 cm long, dense; bracts small, oblong-lanceolate.
Lateral sepals 1 cm long, ovate-acuminate; dorsal sepal c. 5 mm long. Petals
small; lateral petals ovate-triangular, awned. Lip dark red, 3-lobed, spurred
at base, mid-lobe thick, grooved dorsally, fleshy, laterals membranous.
Column short, produced above into 2 teeth.
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