Eulophia herbacea Lindl.

yoo-LOH-fee-uh -- Greek: eu (well, good, thoroughly, completely); lophos (crested); referring to well crested labellum ... efloraofindia • Dave's Botanary
her-buh-KEE-uh or her-buh-SEE-uh -- not woody ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: herbaceous eulophia • Hindi: बिलारीकंद bilarikand, माला कन्द mala kand, सालप salap, वन सिंगाड़ा van singara • Marathi: कुकुडकंद kukudkand • Sanskrit: मुञ्जातक munjataka


botanical names: Eulophia herbacea Lindl. ... homotypic synonyms: Graphorkis herbacea (Lindl.) Lyons ... heterotypic synonyms: Eulophia albiflora Edgew. ex Lindl. • Eulophia brachypetala Lindl. • Eulophia lachnocheila Hook.f. • Eulophia vera Royle • Geodorum bicolor (Roxb.) Voigt • Graphorkis bicolor (Roxb.) Kuntze • Graphorkis lachnocheila (Hook.f.) Kuntze • Limodorum bicolor Roxb. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

herbaceous eulophia

• Flowers of India ... loosely translated form of the scientific name

corduroy orchids

• Wikipedia - Eulophia, commonly known as corduroy orchids, is a genus of about two hundred species

~~~~~ GUJARAT ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Distributed in Gujarat - Systematic studies on Orchidaceae of Gujarat by Mital R Bhatt

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

अमरकन्द amarkand

• In India, the term “Amarkand” is commonly used for around 30 different plant species belonging to genus Eulophia (Orchidaceae). This single local name Amarkand to different taxonomical species creates uncertainty about its ethnomedical and nutritional claims. ... Narkhede AN, Kasote DM, Kuvalekar AA, Harsulkar AM, Jagtap SD. - Amarkand: A comprehensive review on its ethnopharmacology, nutritional aspects, and taxonomy. - J Intercult Ethnopharmacol. 2016 Mar 30;5(2):198-204. doi: 10.5455/jice.20160324054420. PMID: 27104043; PMCID: PMC4835997.

बिलारीकंद bilarikand, वन सिंगाड़ा van singara

• Patil Manisha, Patil Chandrashekhar, Mahajan Raghunath - Phytochemical Investigation and Validation of Antioxidant Potential of ß-Sitosterol from Tubers of Eulophia herbacea and Eulophia ochreata - IJPPR, Volume 10, Issue 9: September 2018

माला कन्द mala kand

• बेदी वनस्पति कोश Vol. I, by Rakesh Bedi

सालप salap

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Distributed in districts of Chikkamagaluru, Uttara Kannada of Karnataka state ... Floristic inventory in the seven medicinal plants conservation areas MPCAs of Karnataka, India by P S Udayan

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

कुकुडकंद kukudkand

• Patil Manisha, Patil Chandrashekhar, Mahajan Raghunath - Phytochemical Investigation and Validation of Antioxidant Potential of ß-Sitosterol from Tubers of Eulophia herbacea and Eulophia ochreata - IJPPR, Volume 10, Issue 9: September 2018

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Distributed in Nepal ... Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

मुञ्जातक munjataka

• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

சாலாமிசிரி calamiciri

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• Distribution of this plant in Tamil Nadu is doubtful; not found recorded.

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