Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adder's mouth orchid	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
adder-mouth orchid	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
adder’s mouth orchid	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
dzi ba ka (d & p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hriswaanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
itavagam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itavakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jeewak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ji ba ka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jivaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kurcha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
madhura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rsabaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rsabakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rsabhak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rsabhakah	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Root (Tuber)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dienia muscifera Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 23 (1830).
Microstylis muscifera (Lindl.) Ridl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 333 (1888).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dienia muscifera Lindl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Malaxis muscifera	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Grubov	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Malaxis muscifera (Lindley) Kuntze	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Microstylis muscifera (Lindl.) Ridl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Microstylis musifera Ridley.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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