- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(ORCHID FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
- Species : Cymbidium aloifolium
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.
- Key identification features : Epiphytic herbs, along tree branches.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : July-April
- Native : India
- Comments : From foothills to 1400 m, on tree forkings, crevices of rocks by stream.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vijayanagaram district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Nellore district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Koraput district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, Borneo
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University Botanic Garden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7);2705-2708; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cymbidium aloifolium. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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