Anthogonium gracile Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Anthogonium

Characteristics

Plants to 55 cm tall. Pseudobulbs usually partly buried in soil, 1-2 cm in diam., with 2 or 3 nodes, with 2-5 leaves. Leaf blade narrowly elliptic or narrowly lanceolate, 7-45 × 1-2(-3.5) cm, papery, base petiolate, apex acuminate; petioles and sheaths forming a slender pseudostem 3-22 cm. Inflorescence erect; peduncle slender, glabrous, with several tubular sheaths; rachis 4-10(-25) cm, laxly 4-8-flowered; floral bracts ovatelanceolate, small, ca. 4 mm, apex acute. Flowers often slightly nodding, lip rose-pink or white and tinged with red; pedicel and ovary 1.5-2 cm. Sepals connate in basal half forming a tube 7-8 mm, with apical half free; dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, ca. 16 × 2 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals falcate-spatulate, ca. 16 × 4.5 mm, apex acute. Petals narrowly oblong-spatulate, ca. 16 × 2 mm, apex obtuse; lip ca. 1.6 cm, cuneate-clawed at base, apical part 3-lobed; lateral lobes ovate-triangular, apex obtuse; mid-lobe subovate, nearly as large as lateral lobes, apex obtuse. Column ca. 1.6 cm. Fl. Jul-Nov. 2n = 38, 40, 42, 54.
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A plant that grows 55 cm tall. The false bulbs are 1-2 cm across and partly buried in the soil. The leaves are narrow and 7-45 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They sheath the stem. The flowering shoots are erect.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.55
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The rhizome is used for a tonic soup.
Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs rhizomes
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Images

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Distribution

Anthogonium gracile world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:616665-1
WFO ID wfo-0000219340
COL ID 67DSF
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Synonyms

Anthogonium corydaloides Anthogonium gracile Anthogonium griffithii