Plant Details

Accepted name:: Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl. [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cỏ nhung	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ground orchid	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huā yè kāi chún lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn xiàn fēng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn xiàn lián shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lán kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
兰科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
花叶开唇兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金线兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金线莲属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金线风	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anoectochilus setaceus Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 2010 (1837), nom. illeg.
Chrysobaphus roxburghii Wall. Tent. Fl. Napal.: 37 (1826).
Anoectochilus latomaculatus Blume Coll. Orchid.: 50 (1859).
Anoectochilus lobbianus Planch. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: 519 (1849).
Anoectochilus regalis var. cordatus (B.S.Williams) B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 128 (1885).
Anoectochilus regalis var. grandiflorus (B.S.Williams) B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 128 (1885).
Anoectochilus roxburghii var. lobbianus (Planch.) Blume Coll. Orchid.: 45 (1858).
Anoectochilus setaceus var. cordatus B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 51 (1862).
Anoectochilus setaceus var. grandiflorus B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 51 (1862).
Anoectochilus setaceus var. intermedius Rothsch. Pl. Feuill. Col., n.s., 2: 87 (1869).
Anoectochilus xanthophyllus Planch. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: 519 (1849).
Anoectochilus yungianus S.Y.Hu Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 24: 257 (1971).
Zeuxine roxburghii (Wall.) M.Hiroe Orchid Flowers 2: 68 (1971).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anoechtochilus setaceus Lindley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Anoectochilius roxbrughii	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Anoectochilus raxburghii (Wall.) Lindl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl.	Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Wall. ex Lindl.	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Chrysobaphus roxburghii Wall.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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