Sarcanthus pauciflorus
- Habit
- Herb-Epiphyte
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- June-August
How to identify Sarcanthus pauciflorus
Identify Sarcanthus pauciflorus 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-epiphyte habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-August.
- 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 Sarcanthus pauciflorus.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sarcanthus pauciflorus
- Genus
- Sarcanthus
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb-Epiphyte
- 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
- June-August
- 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
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sarcanthus pauciflorus 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 Sarcanthus pauciflorus
Sarcanthus pauciflorus belongs to the Orchidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 28 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from June to August.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Sarcanthus pauciflorus belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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