A terrestrial herb ; the crowded pyramidic pseudobulbs 3-6 cm long , with numerous thick fleshy white roots at the base . Stems erect , fleshy , glabrous . Leaves two to four thin plicate , 25 cm long , lanceolate or oblanceolate to elliptic , acute or acuminate , with slightly prominent veins on lower surface , petiolate , developing after the inflorescence . Inflorescences simple , laxly7-many-flowered . Flowers showy , deep pink with white throat and frilled edges , no scent ; sepals and petals similar , green flushed purple or brown , 20-30 x 3-5 mm , reflexed or spreading , lanceolate , acute . Fruit not seen . Seeds not seen . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Near Threatened (NT) - National Assessment
Not Common
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Eulophia guineensis var. purpurata Rchb. f. ex Kotschy
Eulophia quartiniana A. Rich.
Galeandra quartiniana (A. Rich.) Rchb.f.
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Guinea Eulophia
Broad-Leaved ground orchid
Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "Local expertise does not differentiate between the two species, E. guineensis and E. petersii, the medicinal virtues of both being regarded as similar. However, E. petersii was considered to be more effective, and was usually preferred where there was a choice. The part used in local medicine was the bulbous part visible above the ground, and this was considered to be at its most potent medicinally when the plant was not in flower. The swollen stem was dug up, and the broken lower end was held over the fire until it blackened and the juice began to flow. Then the part exuding juice was rubbed over the skin of someone suffering from a variety of cutaneous conditions, from scabies [J: fedfed], ringworm and the circular weeping sores that occur commonly on the limbs and occasionally on the face (and which are called [J: miseb,
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