Nervilia concolor
(Blume) Schltr.
Orchidaceae
Aplostellis flabelliformis (Lindl.) Ridl.
Cordyla concolor Blume
Epipactis carinata Roxb.
Nervilia aragoana Gaudich.
Nervilia carinata (Roxb.) Schltr.
Nervilia flabelliformis (Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang
Nervilia scottii (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Nervilia tibetensis Rolfe
Nervilia yaeyamensis Hayata
Pogonia carinata (Roxb.) Lindl.
Pogonia concolor Blume
Pogonia flabelliformis Lindl.
Pogonia gracilis Blume
Pogonia nervilia Blume
Pogonia scottii Rchb.f.
Roptrostemon concolor (Blume) Lindl.
Common Name:
General Information
Nervilia concolor is a perennial plant, growing from a fleshy, underground tuber. While leafless, it produces a single flowering stem around 30cm tall and then a single, heart-shaped leaf up to 25cm wide on a stem up to 20cm long[
490- Title
- Flora Vitiensis Nova
- Publication
-
- Author
- Smith. A.C.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. The tuber produces one to several lateral, subterranean runners during the leafing period, each runner producing new tubers at their apex[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
,
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for medicinal use and also sometimes for local use of its tuber, which is eaten to relieve thirst.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
,
490- Title
- Flora Vitiensis Nova
- Publication
-
- Author
- Smith. A.C.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
Range
E. Asia - China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea to Australia and the Pacific.
Habitat
Forests, and sometimes on low rigdes, at elevations from sea level to 400 metres in Fiji[
490- Title
- Flora Vitiensis Nova
- Publication
-
- Author
- Smith. A.C.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii
- Year
- 1979
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. Forests, shaded and damp places along valleys; at elevations from 400 - 2,300 metres[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Bulb |
| Height | 0.30 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Grows best in semi-shade[
372- Title
- Flowers of India
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
].
Edible Uses
Root - raw[
459- Title
- The Useful Plants of the Island of Guam
- Publication
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol 9
- Author
- Safford W.E.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institute; Washington.
- Year
- 1905
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A very comprehensive, if rather dated, guide to the plants of Guam. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. The tuber is firm, fleshy and juicy; it can be chewed to quench the thirst[
459- Title
- The Useful Plants of the Island of Guam
- Publication
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol 9
- Author
- Safford W.E.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institute; Washington.
- Year
- 1905
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A very comprehensive, if rather dated, guide to the plants of Guam. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
,
]. The subglobose to ovoid tuber is 10 - 17mm in diameter[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Medicinal
The whole plant is bitter and acrid. It is considered to be antiinflammatory, antipyretic, antiseptic, cooling, diuretic, galactagogue, opthalmic and tonic. It stops bleeding. It is used to promote milk production and in the treatment of swellings, discharges, menorrhagia, mental instability, epilepsy, haemoptysis, colic, diarrhoea, vomiting, asthma, coughs, urinary complaints and weak kidneys[
].
The pseudobulbs are used in the treatment of 'disturbances of cardiac function' in Thailand[
].
A decoction of the leaves, known as 'ubat meroyan' was once considered an obligatory protective medicine after childbirth in parts of Malaya[
].
Other Uses
The plant kills bugs[
]. No more information.
Propagation
Seed -
Division of the tubers.
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with help from
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