• Family : ORCHIDACEAE
  (Orchid Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Oberonia iridifolia Lindl.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oberonia ensiformis (Sm.) Lindl.
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Epiphytic
• Flower, Fruit : November-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district,. Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, East Godavari district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district, Kandhamal district
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; 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
• 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=Oberonia ensiformis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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