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Arundina graminifolia
Synonym
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Arundina affinis
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Local name
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English - Bamboo
orchid
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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July-September
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Distribution
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Indo – Malaysia
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Among rocks in grasslands
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Uses
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Flowers used to treat high blood pressure.
Roots decoction used for diabetes, tumor, hepatitis.
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Key
botanical characters:
Erect
stout terrestrial plants; stem to 2 m tall, terete. Leaves distichous,
linear-lanceolate, to 8 x 2 cm, persistent. Flowers about 4 cm across,
pink-purple, in terminal few-flowered racemes or short panicles.
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