Goodyera procera Hook.

Species

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Characteristics

Plants terrestrial, 25-80 cm tall. Rhizome stout, few noded. Stem erect, 8-35 cm, 5-11-leaved. Leaves spaced along stem or occasionally clustered toward apex, abaxially pale green, adaxially green, without white markings, oblong-elliptic to narrowly ovate-elliptic, 5.5-15 × 1.8-5.5 cm, base attenuate, apex acute or acuminate; petiole-like base and tubular sheath 3-7 cm. Peduncle green, 8-38 cm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, with 4-10 sterile bracts; rachis 4-18 cm, densely many flowered, usually not secund; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate. Flowers fragrant, opening weakly, white tinged pale green, small; pedicel and ovary cylindric-fusiform, 3-5 mm, glabrous. Sepals glabrous, 1-veined; dorsal sepal ovate or elliptic, 3-3.5 × 1.7-2.5 mm, concave, apex acute; lateral sepals ovate, oblique, 2.5-3.2 × 1.5-2.2 mm, apex acute. Petals white, spatulate, 3-3.5 × 1-1.2 mm, 1-veined, apex obtuse; lip broadly ovate, 2.2-2.5 × 1.5-1.7 mm; hypochile concave-saccate, inside papillose; epichile deltoid, very small, apex obtuse or acute, recurved, with 2 small calli. Column ca. 2 mm; anther ovoid; pollinia ca. 1.3 mm; rostellum remnant shallowly bifid. Fl. Apr-May. 2n = 38, 42.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Goodyera procera world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:636185-1
WFO ID wfo-0000974747
COL ID 6KQ7N
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Synonyms

Neottia procera Orchiodes parviflora Orchiodes procera Spiranthes parviflora Leucostachys procera Peramium procerum Neottia parviflora Cionisaccus lanceolatus Epipactis parviflora Epipactis philippinensis Epipactis procera Goodyera lancifolia Goodyera philippinensis Cordylestylis foliosa Goodyera carnea Goodyera parviflora Goodyera procera