ເອື້ອງສາຍມໍລະກົດ / Musky Smelling Dendrobium

Use
Income
Medicine
Ornamental
Scientific Name / Family
Dendrobium moschatum (Buch.-Ham.) Sw. / Orchidaceae
Synonyms
Callista calceola (Carey ex Hook.) Kuntze
Callista calceolaria (Carey ex Hook.) Kuntze
Callista moschata (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze
Cymbidium moschatum (Buch.-Ham.) Willd.
Dendrobium calceolaria Carey ex Hook.
Dendrobium cupreum Herb. ex Lindl.
Dendrobium moschatum Wall. ex D.Don [Illegitimate]
Dendrobium moschatum var. cupreum (Lindl.) Rchb. f.
Dendrobium moschatum var. unguipetalum I.Barua
Epidendrum moschatum Buch.-Ham.
Thicuania moschata (Buch.-Ham.) Raf.
Other Names
Chinese: Shao Chun Shi Hu
Thai: Leueang nok khamin, Ueang mawn khai, Ueang champa
Botanical Description

Erect, arching or pendulous, dark brown with age stems carrying the leaves in the apical half which are narrowly elliptic to oblong-ovate, leathery, acute leaves which blooms in the late spring and early summer on an axillary, pendulous, to 20 cm long, few to several 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence with musk scented flowers that last about a week arising at or near the apex of a leafless cane.

Occurrence in Region Western Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Hainan China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Occurrence in nature (ecology and ecosystem) Found in open forests at elevations around 400 to 1000 meters as a large sized, cool to hot growing lithophyte

Description of Use

Paste in cataplasm by fresh leaves and stems used in fracture and/or dislocated bone. The juice of fresh leave is applied in the ear, fresh leaves used for ear ache. Price 70,000 kip per pant, 80,000-100,000 kip per kg fresh.

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