✿Orchidaceae · Sarcanthus
Sarcanthus pauciflorus
Herb-Epiphyte
- Habit
- Herb-Epiphyte
- Found in India
- Sikkim, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- June-August
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.
Botanical family
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Sarcanthus pauciflorus belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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