Vanilla ovalis
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Vanilla ovalis is a species of vanilla ( Vanilla ) in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It grows as a climbing plant in the Philippines .
description
Vanilla ovalis is an evergreen climber. The leaves are 15 to 23 inches long and four to seven inches wide. The leaf shape is oval with a short tip. The other Filipino types of vanilla are leafless.
The inflorescence is up to 15 centimeters long, it is mostly branched and bears numerous flowers . The bracts are 0.3 to 0.6 inches tall, they are oblong-oval, concave, they end blunt. Pedicel and ovary together measure 3.5 to five centimeters. The petals are cream-colored to greenish, the lip is provided with reddish stripes. Sepals and petals are about 4.5 inches long and lanceolate in shape. The lip is 3.7 centimeters long, three-lobed, the front lobe is elongated, it ends bluntly, on top it is furry hairy. The club-shaped column is 2.5 centimeters long. The curved capsule fruit is about six inches long and 1.8 inches in diameter.
distribution
Vanilla ovalis is found on the Philippine islands of Luzon , Mindanao , Leyte , Samar and Sibuyan . It inhabits forests on river banks and in steep valleys. Merrill reports a common occurrence in Laguna Province , on the slopes of Maquiling and Banajao .
Systematics and botanical history
Vanilla ovalis was first described by Blanco in 1845 . The Vanilla majaijensis described by Blanco at the same time is considered a synonym , as is the Vanilla philippinensis described by Rolfe in 1896 .
Within the genus Vanilla , Vanilla ovalis is classified in the subgenus Xanata and there in the section Thetya , which contains all species of the paleotropic species . According to Portères , Vanilla ovalis is similar to other Asian vanilla species such as Vanilla albida and Vanilla moonii . Soto Arenas and Cribb see Vanilla platyphylla from Sulawesi and species from New Guinea as their closest relatives.
use
The long and fibrous roots of Vanilla ovalis were used for braiding.
literature
- Le Vanillier et la Vanille dans le Monde . In: Gilbert Bouriquet (ed.): Encyclopédie Biologique . tape XLVI . Paul Lechevalier, Paris 1954.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Roland Portères: Le Genre Vanilla et ses Espèces. In: Le Vanillier et la Vanille dans le Monde. Pp. 182-183.
- ↑ a b c d e Miguel A. Soto Arenas, Phillip Cribb: A new infrageeric classification and synopsis of the genus Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (Orchidaceae: Vanillinae) . In: Lankesteriana . tape 9 , no. 3 , 2010, p. 385 ( ucr.ac.cr [PDF; 692 kB ]).
- ↑ In: Fl. Filip. 2nd Edition. 1845, p. 448.
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Vanilla ovalis. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 20, 2020.