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Boesenbergia tiliifolia
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Family:
ZINGIBERACEAE
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Citation: Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 685. 1891; Mangaly & Swarup., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 23: 236. 1981; Sabu, Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of South India 124. 2006.
Gastrochilus tiliifolius Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 218. 1890.
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Description:
Small herbs, leafy shoot very short, 3-4-leaved; lamina upto 40 x 20 cm, elliptic, acute, slightly hairy on midrib below; petioles 5-12 cm long; ligule c. 5 mm long, of 2 triangular lobes. Inflorescence subsessile, enclosed by the leaf sheaths, densely flowered. Bracts upto 5 cm long, linear-lanceolate; bracteoles as long as bracts but narrower. Calyx about 2 cm, bifid. Corolla pink; tube exceeding the bracts; lobes c. 1.5 cm, oblong. Lateral staminodes rather shorter and broader than corolla lobes, mottled purple. Labellum about 2.5 x 2 cm, panduriform, apex slightly bilobed. Filaments 1 cm long; anthers 5 mm, with a short reflexed bilobed crest.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Java and Sumatra and widely cultivated in India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Mukkali forests
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