Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cremastra appendiculata (D.Don) Makino [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Cremastra appendiculata var. appendiculata

Cremastra appendiculata var. variabilis (Blume) I.D.Lund

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
appendiculate cremastra pseudobulb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
appendiculate cremastra pseudobulb or common pleione pseudobulb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
common pleione pseudobulb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cremastrae pseudobulbus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
cremastrae pseudobulbus, pleiones pseudobulbus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cremastrae tuber	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
pleiones pseudobulbus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pseudobulbus cremastrae seu pleiones	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shancigu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
山慈菇	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山慈菇叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
pseudobulb	dried pseudobulb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
pseudobulb	dried pseudobulb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tuber		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cremastra wallichiana Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 173 (1833), nom. superfl.
Cymbidium appendiculatum D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 36 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cremastra appendiculata (D. Don) Makino	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cremastra appendiculata (D.Don) Makino	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cremastra appendiculata (D.don) Makino	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cremastra appendiculata Makino	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cremastra wallichiana Lindl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cremastra wallichiana Lindl. ex Wall.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cymbidium appendiculata D.Don	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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