Malaxis rheedei
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- July-March
How to identify Malaxis rheedei
Identify Malaxis rheedei 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: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-March.
- 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 Malaxis rheedei.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Malaxis rheedei
- Genus
- Malaxis
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China
- 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
- July-March
- 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
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malaxis rheedei 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 Malaxis rheedei
Malaxis rheedei is a herb in the Orchidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 28 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Malaxis rheedei belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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