- Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
- Synonym(s) : Cnemidia angulosa Lindl.; Cnemidia nervosa (Wight) Bedd.; Cnemidia semilibera Lindl.; Decaisnea angulosa Lindl. ex Wall.; Govindooia nervosa Wight; Tropidia barbeyana Schltr.; Tropidia bellii Blatt. & McCann; Tropidia calcarata Ames; Tropidia govindovii Blume; Tropidia semilibera (Lindl.) Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tropidia angulosa (Lindl.) Blume
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Damp forests and Shola, rich in leaf litter, also Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Terrestrial. Often on hills above 1100m, occasional in clumps on shola floor.
- Key identification features : Terrestrial herbs; Leaves broadly elliptic, Plicate; Flowers in solitary terminal spikes, white with brownish-tinge, Lip oblanceolate-oblong, Spurred; Capsules clavate-cylindric, ridged.
- Flower, Fruit : May-February
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Assam : Assam
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 162
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tropidia angulosa. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.
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