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Classification
Globba bulbifera Roxb.
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Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
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Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki, Kannur, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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"Erect rhizomatous herbs; stem to 50 cm high, usually solitary, stem slender. Leaves bifarious, to 20 x 5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, acute at apex, sessile, glabrous. Spike terminal, to 10 cm long, often with bulbils towards the base; bracts 1-2 cm long, broadly ovate, greenish; bracteoles 1 cm long, ovate. Flowers solitary in each bracts; calyx 5 mm long, funnel shaped, 3-lobed; corolla 14 mm long, tube slender, lobes short, yellow; lip as long as the corolla, deeply 2-lobed, yellow; stamen 1, anthers broadly winged; lateral staminodes oblong; ovary 1-celled; ovules many on 3-parietal placentas; style 1, slender; stigma turbinate. Capsule 1 x 6 mm, oblong, glabrous, coarsely rugose."
Moist deciduous forests
Flowering and fruiting: July-September
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