Herbarium JCB

Eulophia epidendraea (J.König ex Retz.) C.E.C.Fisch.

Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Eulophia epidendraea (J.König ex Retz.) C.E.C.Fisch.
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Open deciduous, moist and dry deciduous forests
Comments / notes : Terrestrial. Often on hills on plains, in scrub jungles, among thickets.
Flower, Fruit : November-April
Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy; Raja K.Swamy & Arun Singh
Collection Date : 15-08-2012; 28-11-2014
Collection Nos : FAP 41865; HJCB-0258
Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district (AP); Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Nellore district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Keonjhar district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvallur district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Prasad, K et al 2012 Conservation of Wild Orchids in Sri Krishnadevaraya University botanical garden, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(7);2705-2708; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eulophia epidendraea. Downloaded on 4 November 2025.