Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
兰花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
兰花叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
兰花根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
兰草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
化气兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
牛角三七	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蕙实	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

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

Epidendrum ensifolium L. Sp. Pl.: 954 (1753).
Cymbidium albomarginatum Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1183 (1912).
Cymbidium arrogans Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 76 (1914).
Cymbidium ensifolium f. arcuatum T.C.Yen Icon. Cymbid. Amoy.: D(e) 5 (1964).
Cymbidium ensifolium f. falcatum T.C.Yen Icon. Cymbid. Amoy.: D(d) 1 (1964).
Cymbidium ensifolium f. flaccidior Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1179 (1912).
Cymbidium ensifolium var. koran (Makino) K.Inoue Fl. Japan 4b: 302 (2016).
Cymbidium ensifolium var. misericors (Hayata) T.P.Lin Native Orchids Taiwan 2: 105 (1977).
Cymbidium ensifolium f. misericors (Hayata) Pupulin Orchids (West Palm Beach) 89: 851 (2020).
Cymbidium ensifolium var. rubrigemmum (Hayata) T.S.Liu & H.J.Su Fl. Taiwan 5: 940 (1978).
Cymbidium ensifolium var. striatum Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1976 (1837).
Cymbidium ensifolium var. susin T.C.Yen Icon. Cymbid. Amoy.: D(b) 1 (1964).
Cymbidium ensifolium var. xiphiifolium (Lindl.) S.S.Ying Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 30: 38 (1990).
Cymbidium ensifolium var. yakibaran (Makino) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 296 (1980).
Cymbidium estriatum Lindl. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 460 (1840).
Cymbidium gonzalesii Quisumb. Philipp. J. Sci. 72: 485 (1940).
Cymbidium gyokuchin Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1181 (1912).
Cymbidium gyokuchin var. arrogans (Hayata) S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 126 (1977).
Cymbidium gyokuchin var. soshin Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1182 (1912).
Cymbidium kanran var. misericors (Hayata) S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 440 (1977).
Cymbidium koran Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1179 (1912).
Cymbidium micans Schauer Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 433 (1843).
Cymbidium misericors Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 79 (1914).
Cymbidium misericors var. oreophilum Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 81 (1914).
Cymbidium niveomarginatum Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1183 (1912).
Cymbidium prompovenium Z.J.Liu & J.N.Zhang J. S. China Agric. Univ. 19(3): 114 (1998).
Cymbidium rubrigemmum Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 81 (1916).
Cymbidium shimaran Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1183 (1912).
Cymbidium xiphiifolium Lindl. Bot. Reg. 7: t. 529 (1821).
Cymbidium yakibaran Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1182 (1912).
Cymbidium yongfuense Z.J.Liu & J.N.Zhang J. S. China Agric. Univ. 19(3): 116 (1998).
Jensoa ensata (Thunb.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 38 (1838), nom. superfl.
Limodorum ensatum Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 29 (1784), nom. superfl.
Liuguishania taiwanensis Z.J.Liu & J.N.Zhang J. S. China Agric. Univ. 19(1): 73 (1998).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cymbidium ensifolium	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Sw.	Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Swartz	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cymbidium ensifolium Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Epidendrum ensifolium L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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