Scientific Name
Habenaria latilabris (Lindl.) Hook. f.
Synonyms
Platanthera latilabris Lindl.
Family
Orchidaceae
Local Name
Nar Madi, Peer Gundal
Habit Habitat
Annual herb up to 50 cm tall, found in forest clearing and slopes of temperate and sub-alpine zones.
Taxonomic Features
Tuber sessile, ovate-oblong. Stem slender, leafy. Leaves simple, oblong with acute tips. Inflorescence a spike, up to 18cm long. Flower zygomorphic, green-yellow. Sepals dark green. Dorsal sepals broadly ovate and lateral ovate or oblong, spreading or deflexed. Petals yellowish-green, glabrous, spreading, curved inward. Spur slender, deflexed. Fruit a capsule, fusiform.
Flowering Fruiting
July-August
Harvesting Time
August-October
Medicinal Value
Locally it is used to removes toxin from body as a blood purifier, also has aphrodisiac properties. Some local people believe that it is a symbol of fertility in humans.
Parts Used
Tuber
Future Prospective
Conservation, Cultivation, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
Plant Images
Habenaria latilabris (Lindl.) Hook. f.