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Papilionanthe teres
Synonym
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Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindl.
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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September-April
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Distribution
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India and Sri Lanka
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Idukki,
Palakkad, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Dense
forest, humus rich forests
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Uses
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Leaves Used to cure hepatitis,
dyspepsia, bronchitis, piles, rheumatism and diseases of nervous system.
Also used for
secondary syphilis, scorpion sting boils and fever, being used for dysentery and cold
treatment.
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Key
botanical characters:
Stems scrambling, terete, usually to 1 m, stout, branching.
Leaves well spaced, terete, 8-18 cm × 4-5 mm, fleshy, obtuse. Inflorescence
slightly longer than leaf, laxly 2-5-flowered; peduncle stout, with 3 or 4
membranous sheaths; floral bracts broadly ovate, 4-6 mm, slightly fleshy,
obtuse. Flowers opening widely, 4-10 cm in diam., thinly textured, sepals and
petals white, tinged with pink or purplish, lip deep purple-red, spur
yellowish brown; pedicel and ovary white, 2-3 cm. Dorsal sepal broadly elliptic,
2.5 × 2 cm, obtuse-rounded; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-oblong, 3 × 2 cm,
base adnate to column foot, apex obtuse. Petals suborbicular, large, 3 × 2.7
cm, obtuse; lip spurred, 3-lobed.
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