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Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann

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Acampe praemorsa from Malibhagom Chavara South, Kollam 2007
Acampe praemorsa from Malibhagom Chavara South, Kollam 2007
Acampe praemorsa from Malibhagom Chavara South, Kollam 2007
🗒 Synonyms
synonymAcampe excavata Lindl.
synonymAcampe papillosa (Lindl.) Lindl., nom. superfl.
synonymAcampe wightiana (Lindl. ex Wight) Lindl.
synonymCymbidium praemorsum (Roxb.) Sw.
synonymEpidendrum praemorsum Roxb.
synonymGastrochilus papillosus (Lindl.) Kuntze, nom. superfl.
synonymGastrochilus praemorsus (Roxb.) Kuntze
synonymRhynchostylis papillosa (Lindl.) Heynh.
synonymSaccolabium papillosum Dalzell & A.Gibson, nom. illeg.
synonymSaccolabium praemorsum (Roxb.) Hook.f., nom. illeg.
synonymSaccolabium wightianum (Lindl. ex Wight) Hook.f., nom. illeg.
synonymSarcanthus praemorsus (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Spreng.
synonymSarcochilus praemorsus (Roxb.) Spreng.
synonymVanda fasciata Gardner ex Lindl.
synonymVanda wightiana Lindl. ex Wight
🗒 Common Names
Malayalam
  • Maravazha
  • Taliyamaravada
  • Upputhali
Other
  • Acampe Orchid
  • Banded Button Orchid
  • Marathi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Epiphytic herb
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Robust epiphytic shrubs. Stem stout, 20-50 cm high, with vermiform roots from basal nodes. Leaves distichous, 12-20 x 2-3 cm, linear, sheathing at base, apex unequally 2-lobed, thick, coriaceous. Corymbs leaf-opposed; peduncle 3.5-5 cm long. Floral bracts scaly, broadly orbicular, broader than long. Flowers 0.8-1 cm across; sepals and petals 0.8-1 x 0.3-0.5 cm,ovate-lanceolate, creamy yellow with reddish-brown transverse bands, thick, fleshy. Lip c. 8 x 4 mm, fleshy, creamy white with narrow red streaks, saccate at base, 3-lobed; lateral lobes small; mid-lobe ovate-obtuse, margin crispate; spur short. Anther terminal, 2-loculed; pollinia 2, globose. Capsule to 4 cm long, cylindrical, ribbed.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: March-April
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          📚 Habitat and Distribution
          General Habitat
          Moss covered tree trunks, tropical forest
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            Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Description
              Global Distribution

              India:peninsular India, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram Nagaland, Odisha Sikkim Tripura; Bhutan, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Laos, Sri - Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

              Indian Distribution

              Barak Valley, Kamrup, Nogaon, Sivasagar

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                Global Distribution

                India, Sri Lanka and Seychelles

                Indian distribution

                State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                  📚 Occurrence
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                  📚 Demography and Conservation
                  Legislation

                  CITES Status

                  Appendix II
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                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses

                  System of Medicines Used In

                  Folk medicine
                  Folk medicine
                  Medicinal
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                    System Of Medicines Used In

                    Folk medicine

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                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. Saccolabium wightianum (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 62. 1890.
                      2. Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 495. 1932; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 450. 1981; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 284. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 390. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 367. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 382. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 775. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 465. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 446. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 373. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 433. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 308. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 677. 1997; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 74. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 320. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 652. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 163. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 477. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 673. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 782. 2009.
                      3. Acampe wightiana Lindl., Fol. Orch. Acampe 2.1853; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1447(1011).1928.
                      4. Epidendrum praemorsum Roxb., Pl. Corom. 34, t.43. 1795.
                      5. Vanda wightiana (Lindl.) Wight, Ic. t. 1670. 1851.
                      6. Saccolabium praemorsum (Roxb.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 62. 1890.
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2288
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. Saccolabium wightianum (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 62. 1890.
                      2. Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 495. 1932; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 450. 1981; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 284. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 390. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 367. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 382. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 775. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 465. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 446. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 373. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 433. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 308. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 677. 1997; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 74. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 320. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 652. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 163. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 477. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 673. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 782. 2009.
                      3. Acampe wightiana Lindl., Fol. Orch. Acampe 2.1853; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1447(1011).1928.
                      4. Epidendrum praemorsum Roxb., Pl. Corom. 34, t.43. 1795.
                      5. Vanda wightiana (Lindl.) Wight, Ic. t. 1670. 1851.
                      6. Saccolabium praemorsum (Roxb.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 62. 1890.
                      7. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2288

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                      📚 Meta data
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                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomPlantae
                      PhylumTracheophyta
                      ClassLiliopsida
                      OrderAsparagales
                      FamilyOrchidaceae
                      GenusAcampe
                      SpeciesAcampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann
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