ເອື້ອງຄຳນ້ອຍ / Fringe-Lipped Dendrobium

Use
Income
Medicine
Ornamental
Scientific Name / Family
Dendrobium fimbriatum Hook. / Orchidaceae
Synonyms
Callista fimbriata (Hook.) Kuntze
Callista normalis (Falc.) Kuntze
Callista oculata (Hook.) Kuntze
Dendrobium fimbriatum var. occulatum Hook.f.
Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum Hook.
Dendrobium normale Falc.
Dendrobium paxtonii Paxton [Illegitimate]
Other Names
Thai: Waew mayura, Ueang kham noi, Ueang kham foi, Ueang kham ta dam
Chinese: Liu SU Shi Hu
Botanical Description

Stems are long, erect, arching or pendulous, light-yellow green when aged, to 120 cm long stems that are thickest in the middle and have many oblong to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, deciduous leaves that flowers in March through May but can bloom at most any time on a pendant, axillary, many 6 to 15 flowered raceme that arises from the nodes near the apex of leafless and mature canes and has sour smelling flowers.

Occurrence in Region Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos and Vietnam.
Occurrence in nature (ecology and ecosystem) Found in humid, mossy mixed and coniferous forests at elevations of 800-2400 meters and is a large-sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial

Description of Use

Infusion by dry sliced stems use as a liver tonic - nausea; fever in deficiency conditions after a severe disease. The leaves of the plants may be boiled or soaked in warm water use as a tonic as it promotes the production of body fluid.

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