Cymbidium madidum
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| Northern Cymbidium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Cyrtopodiinae |
| Alliance: | Cymbidium |
| Genus: | Cymbidium |
| Species: | C. madidum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymbidium madidum Lindl. (1840) |
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The Northern Cymbidium (Cymbidium madidum) is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family, also known as the Buttercup Orchid and Moist Forest Cymbidium.
Australian aborigines and early European settlers used pseudobulbs of Cymbidium madidum for dysentery and its seeds were used as an oral contraceptive.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Hossain MM.,"Therapeutic orchids: traditional uses and recent advances--an overview." Fitoterapia. 2011 Mar;82(2):102-40
- Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 9 (1840).
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