Corymborkis veratrifolia (Reinw.) Blume
Null / Lamba/Tabu-tabu (Bru.); Kayu hok (M.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Terrestrial erect orchid that can reach up to 3 m tall. Leaves are simple, alternately and spirally arranged, papery, adaxially folded upwards and dark green. Leaf blade is narrowly elliptic- lanceolate, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base with entire margin and parallel venation. Stems are erect, unbranched, sheathing and subcylindrical. Inflorescence a corymb from leaf axils or terminal branch. Flowers are white, fragrant, many-flowered, bell-shaped and not
The roots are boiled with other herbs and the decoction can be taken orally as a remedy for gastric problems. The wood is locally used to make traps or ‘Bubu’.
It prefers moist but well-drained soils under full sunlight to partial shade. It thrives in open moist grassy patches near to streams, disturbed forests, along roadsides and on hillside thickets.
Seeds.
Tropical Asia.
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