ເອື້ອງຄຳຕາ / Gibson's Dendrobium

Use
Income
Medicine
Ornamental
Scientific Name / Family
Dendrobium gibsonii Paxton / Orchidaceae
Synonyms
Callista binocularis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
Callista gibsonii (Paxton) Kuntze
Dendrobium binoculare Rchb.f.
Dendrobium fimbriatum var. gibsonii (Lindl.) Finet
Dendrobium fuscatum Lindl.
Stachyobium aureum Rchb.f.
Other Names
Chinese: Qu Zhou Shi Hu
Thai: Ueang Kham Ta
Botanical Description

Centrally swollen, tapering towards the apex, pendulous, ribbed stems carrying 6 to 10, ovate to lanceolate, acute, deciduous leaves that bloom in the spring and summer, nodding to pendulous, 15 to 20 cm long, loosely 6 to 15 flowered inflorescence arising on older leafless canes.

Occurrence in Region India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Laos and Vietnam
Occurrence in nature (ecology and ecosystem) Found at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters as a large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte on mossy limestone cliffs. Epiphytic on tree trunks in open forests.

Description of Use

Infusion by dry stem sliced acts as anticancer agent. Price  15 000 per plant,  30-50 000 per kg fresh, 80 000 per kg dry.

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