Kingdom Plantae Family Orchidaceae Tribe Podochileae Rank Species | Order Asparagales Subfamily Epidendroideae Subtribe Dendrobiinae | |
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Similar Flickingeria, Eulophia andamanensis, Liparis condylobulbon, Grammatophyllum stapeliiflorum, Scaphyglottis longicaulis | ||
Dendrobium plicatile flickingeria fimbriata fragrant species orchid
Dendrobium plicatile is an orchid species of Asia. It was formerly treated as Flickingeria fimbriata in the (no longer accepted) genus Flickingeria.
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Distribution
The orchid is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, Malesia, and other regions.
It is found in: Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Himalayas East, India ( Assam), Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam.
Description
The plant reportedly has the Hepatoprotection properties, the ability to prevent damage to the liver.
From the stems, three phenanthrenes can be isolated, named plicatol A, B and C.
The plant also contains the norditerpenoids named flickinflimilins A and B and steroids.
References
Dendrobium plicatile Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA