Habenaria plantaginea
| Habenaria plantaginea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Habenaria |
| Species: | H. plantaginea
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| Binomial name | |
| Habenaria plantaginea | |
Habenaria plantaginea is a species of orchid native to Asia.
The specific epithet plantaginea may have originated from the plant's resemblance to the genus Plantago.
Distribution
This orchid species is native to tropical and sub-tropical habitats, in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Southeast Asia.[1] The plant prefers shady places in wild. In India it grows in moist and dry deciduous forests. It prefers bushes on rock cervices.
Description
The plant attains a height of about 20–40 centimetres (7.9–15.7 in). Its flowers are white.
Flowers glabrous white with narrowly lanceolate bracts. Dorsal sepals are erect, obtuse at the tip and prominently 3-nerved. Lateral sepals thick, 4 nerved, lateral petals are narrower than the sepals one nerved, more or less hyaline. Lip trilobed, long-spurred with porrect sidelobes. Ovary is shortly stalked. Tubers is oblong, hairy bear 1 or 2 per plant.
Uses
In the Indian subcontinent, the tubers of Habenaria plantaginea are used to treat a variety of ailments, including cough, tuberculosis, asthma, helminthiasis, and snake bites.[1] Extracts of the roots and leaves of Habenaria plantaginea have been investigated as candidates against nociception, inflammation, and fever and as an ecologically friendly source of nanocrystals.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Aarthi, Chinnadurai; Govindarajan, Marimuthu; Rajaraman, Pichaimuthu; Alharbi, Naiyf S.; Kadaikunnan, Shine; Khaled, Jamal M.; Mothana, Ramzi A.; Siddiqui, Nasir A.; Benelli, Giovanni (April 2018). "Eco-friendly and cost-effective Ag nanocrystals fabricated using the leaf extract of Habenaria plantaginea: toxicity on six mosquito vectors and four non-target species". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25 (11): 10317–10327. doi:10.1007/s11356-017-9203-2. ISSN 0944-1344.
- ^ Mahnashi, Mater H.; Alqahtani, Yahya S.; Alyami, Bandar A.; Alqarni, Ali O.; Ahmed Alshrahili, Mohammad; Abou-Salim, Mahrous A.; Alqahtani, Mohammed N.; Mushtaq, Sadaf; Sadiq, Abdul; Jan, Muhammad Saeed (2022-03-31). Garg, Ruchika (ed.). "GC-MS Analysis and Various In Vitro and In Vivo Pharmacological Potential of Habenaria plantaginea Lindl". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2022: 1–13. ISSN 1741-4288. PMC 8989558. PMID 35399645.