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| Original date | 5/22/19 7:58 AM |
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Botanical name: Globba wengeri Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Mantisia wengeri
Synonyms: Mantisia wengeri
Broad-Wing Swan Flower is a highly fascinating ginger
plant. The shape and posture of the flowers of Mantisia with the spread
out arm-like staminodes and the wings-like yellow colored flared lip
has earned these plants the popular name of swan flower. The rarity of
this plant has reached a critical level with only 60-70 plants and
therefore been included in the national priority list for its recovery
by Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India (Ganeshaiah, 2005). In
an effort to save the species from extinction. Broad-Wing Swan Flower
is found in NE India and Myanmar.
Medicinal uses:
The rhizome of this plant has
been used as a remedy for bone fracture and gastro-intestinal ailments
in the past by local people.
Medicinal uses:
The rhizome of this plant has
been used as a remedy for bone fracture and gastro-intestinal ailments
in the past by local people. | Identification credit: M. Sawmliana | Photographed in Tuiphai kam near N. Vanlaiphai village, Mizoram. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,