Scientific Name
Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.
Synonyms
Aerides borassii Buch.-Ham. ex Sm., Cymbidium erectum Wight [Illegitimate], Cymbidium intermedium H.G.Jones, Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw., Cymbidium simulans Rolfe, Epidendrum aloides Curtis, Epidendrum aloifolium L., Epidendrum pendulum Roxb. [1]
Vernacular Name
| India | Kansjiram-maravara, panai pulluruvi, panaipuluruvu, sonu [3] |
| Indonesia | Kare karon (Nakhon Ratchasima); kluai haang lai (Chumphon); ueang paakpet (Chiang Mai) [2] |
| Vietnam | Lan l[oo] h[ooj]i, do[ar]n ki[ees]m [2] |
Geographical Distributions
Cymbidium aloifolium occurs in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), the Andaman Islands, Indo-China, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines. This plant occurs in mixed forests and teak forests up to 1000 m altitude. [3]
Botanical Description
C. aloifolium falls under the family of Orchidaceae. It is an epiphytic herb. [3]
The leaves can measures up to 50 cm x 3 cm and with unequally 2-lobed tips. [3]
The inflorescence is pendulous, up to 40 cm long. The flowers are up to 4.5 cm in diametre. The petals are pale greenish to cream with a central purple stripe. The lips are with all striped purple lobes and yellow midlobes with white margins. [3]
Cultivation
No documentation
Chemical Constituent
No documentation
Plant Part Used
No documentation
Traditional Use
No documentation
Preclinical Data
No documentation
Clinical Data
No documentation
Poisonous Management
No documentation
Line Drawing
References
- The Plant List. Ver1.1. Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.[homepage on the Internet]. c2013 [updated 2012 Mar 23; cited 2015 May 06]. Available from: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-53082
- Quattrocchi U. CRC World dictionary of medicinal and poisonous plants: Common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology (5 Volume set). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press; 2012. p. 1268.
- Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.In: Lemmens RHMJ, Bunyapraphatsara N, editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia 12 (3): Medicinal and Poisonous Plants 3. Leiden, Netherlands: Backhuys Publication; 2003.
