• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (ORCHID FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
• Species : Malaxis rheedei
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crepidium resupinatum (G.Forst.) Szlach.
• Vernacular name : Jiva dumpa (Tel.); Rushabha (San.)
• Key identification features : Epiphytic, terrestrial or lithophytes.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : August-September
• Comments : Often on hills above 1100 m, on the floor of shola in humus in shade.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Malayagiri Hills (Keonjhar district), Dhenkanal district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T, O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
• 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=Malaxis rheedei. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

Description

Field Images