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Other Name Combinations: Afrohybanthus enneaspermus (WFO, 2023) and Pigea enneasperma (POWO, 2023).
Natural History: Native Annual Herb.
A annual herb with lanceolate leaves, found along rocky areas. Spade-shaped, pink flowers bloom in the rainy season. It is a medicinally important plant (Flowers of India, 2023).
Other Common Name: Pink Ladies Slipper (Flowers of India, 2023).
Vernacular Names: Bengali: Munbora; Hindi: Ratan purush (रतनपुरुष); Kannada: Purusharathna (ಪುರುಷರತ್ನ); Malayalam: Orilathamatai; Marathi: Ratnapurush (रत्नपुरुष); Sanskrit: Ratnapurusha (रत्नपुरुष); Tamil: Orital tamarai (ஓரிதழ் தாமரை); Telugu: Ratnapurusha (రత్నపురుశ) (Flowers of India, 2023).
References:
Das, R.P., A.B. Roy, R Polley, and G. Saha. (2010). A New Record of Larval Host Plant of Tawny Coster Acraea violae (Fabricius). Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 107 (1): 63. [pdf]
Flowers of India (2023): Spade Flower. Accessed on 16 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Spade%20Flower.html.
POWO (2023): Plants of the World Online. Accessed on 16 Jan 2023. URL: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/77221099-1.
WFO (2023): Hybanthus enneaspermus F.Muell. Accessed on 13 Dec 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000726012.
Page citation
Kawthankar, N. 2024. Hybanthus enneaspermus F.Muell. – Spade Flower. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/index.php/hybanthus-enneaspermus, accessed 2024/05/05.