Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ansjeli-maravara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biti-maram-maravara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fox tail orchid	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gam	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ghoge gava	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
narinaguta wel	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
panas-keli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thur	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Epidendrum retusum L. Sp. Pl.: 953 (1753).
Saccolabium guttatum (Lindl.) Wall. Numer. List: n.° 7308 (1832).
Aerides guttata (Lindl.) Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 471 (1832).
Aerides praemorsa Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 130 (1805).
Aerides retusa (L.) Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 233 (1800).
Aerides spicata D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 31 (1825).
Aerides undulata Sm. in A.Rees, Cyclop.: 39: 13 (1820).
Epidendrum hippium Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 32 (1825).
Epidendrum indicum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 384 (1810).
Gastrochilus blumei (Lindl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
Gastrochilus garwalicus (Lindl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
Gastrochilus retusus (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
Gastrochilus rheedei (Wight) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
Gastrochilus spicatus (D.Don) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 661 (1891).
Limodorum retusum (L.) Sw. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 6: 80 (1799).
Orchis lanigera Blanco Fl. Filip.: 641 (1837).
Rhynchostylis albiflora I.Barua & Bora J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 251 (2002).
Rhynchostylis garwalica (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 888 (1864).
Rhynchostylis guttata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 93 (1854).
Rhynchostylis praemorsa (Willd.) Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 286 (1825).
Rhynchostylis retusa f. albiflora (I.Barua & Bora) Christenson J. Orchideenfr. 12: 344 (2005).
Saccolabium blumei Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 27(Misc.): 55 (1841).
Saccolabium blumei var. majus F.Buyss. L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 461 (1878).
Saccolabium furcatum B.S.Williams Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 141 (1862).
Saccolabium garwalicum Lindl. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 32 (1858).
Saccolabium guttatum var. giganteum F.Buyss. L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 463 (1878).
Saccolabium guttatum var. holfordii F.Buyss. L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 463 (1878).
Saccolabium heathii Anon. Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 369 (1885).
Saccolabium macrostachyum Lindl. Sert. Orchid.: t. 47 (1841).
Saccolabium praemorsum (Willd.) Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 22 (1830).
Saccolabium retusum (L.) Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 630 (1845).
Saccolabium rheedei Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 19 (1851).
Saccolabium spicatum (D.Don) Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 221 (1833).
Sarcanthus guttatus Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 17: t. 1443 (1831).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Epidendrum retusum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Rhynchostylis retusa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Bl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume	Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rhynchostylis retusa (Linnaeus) Blume	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Rhynchostylis retusa Blume	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Saccolabium guttatum Lindl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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