Eria pauciflora
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- August-January
How to identify Eria pauciflora
Identify Eria pauciflora by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Eria pauciflora.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eria pauciflora
- Genus
- Eria
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Punjab, Telangana, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Tripura, Bihar, Ladakh, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Eria pauciflora itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- ऑर्किड
- Tamil
- ஆர்க்கிட்
- Telugu
- ఆర్కిడేసి
- Nepali
- सुनखरी / सुनगाभा
- Sinhala
- උඩවැඩියා
About Eria pauciflora
Eria pauciflora is a herb in the Orchidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 28 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Eria pauciflora belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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