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Malaxis muscifera (Lindley) Kuntze
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- Local Name:
- Salab Masri, Javak.
- Synonym:
- Habit & Habitat:
- Annual herb up to 20-40cm tall found in temperate and sub-alpine zones.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, elliptic, sessile and shinny. Inflorescence a spike, 8-25 cm long.Flower zygomorphic,yellowish-green, tiny. Lateral sepals curved upward. Petals linear, lip erect with thick obscure basal lobes and narrow lanceolate tip. Fruit a capsule.Pseudo bulb ovoid.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- July-August.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-October.
- Medicinal Value:
- Locally used as body tonic, aphrodisiac and refrigerant, also treats fever.It is useful in sterility,seminal weakness and burning sensation.
- Part Used:
- Bulb.
- Occurrence:
- Uncommon.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation, Cultivation, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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