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Useful Tropical Plants

Pholidota pallida

Lindl.

Orchidaceae

+ Synonyms

Coelogyne calceata Rchb.f.

Coelogyne pallida (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Pholidota schlechteri Gagnep.

Pholidota tixieri Guillaumin

Pholidota yunnanensis Schltr.

Pholidota yunpeensis Hu

Common Name:

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General Information

Pholidota pallida is an epiphytic perennial plant growint aaround 10 - 25cm tall[
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 local use as a medicine.

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.

Range

E. Asia - India (Himalayas), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

Habitat

Epiphytic on tree trunks in forests; at elevations from 800 - 2,700 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

Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitPerennial
Height0.15 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details



Epiphyte on Schima wallichii, Pinus roxburghii in Nepal[
1750
Title
Orchid diversity in two community forests of Makawanpur District, central Nepal
Publication
Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 October 2018 | 10(11): 12523-12530
Author
Bijaya Pant et al
Website
https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3516.10.11.12523-12530
Publisher
 
Year
2018
ISBN
0974-7893
Description
 
].

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

Pseudobulbs are applied to relieve naval, abdominal and rheumatc pains[
1750
Title
Orchid diversity in two community forests of Makawanpur District, central Nepal
Publication
Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 October 2018 | 10(11): 12523-12530
Author
Bijaya Pant et al
Website
https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3516.10.11.12523-12530
Publisher
 
Year
2018
ISBN
0974-7893
Description
 
]. Powder made from pseudobulbs is used to induce sleep[
1750
Title
Orchid diversity in two community forests of Makawanpur District, central Nepal
Publication
Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 October 2018 | 10(11): 12523-12530
Author
Bijaya Pant et al
Website
https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3516.10.11.12523-12530
Publisher
 
Year
2018
ISBN
0974-7893
Description
 
].

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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