Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw. [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
harjor	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kansjiram-maravara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sonu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
树茭瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
硬叶吊兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 6: 73 (1799).
Epidendrum pendulum Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 1: 35 (1795).
Aerides borassii Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(1): n.° 8 (1818).
Cymbidium aloifolium f. album N.H.Tuan & V.T.Binh OrchideenJ. 26: 39 (2019).
Cymbidium aloifolium f. flavescens N.H.Tuan & V.T.Binh OrchideenJ. 26: 40 (2019).
Cymbidium erectum Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.: t. 1753 (1851), nom. illeg.
Cymbidium intermedium H.G.Jones Reinwardtia 9: 71 (1974).
Cymbidium simulans Rolfe Orchid Rev. 25: 175 (1917).
Epidendrum aloides Curtis Bot. Mag. 11: t. 387 (1797).
Epidendrum aloifolium L. Sp. Pl.: 953 (1753).
Limodorum aloifolium (L.) Roxb. in A.Beatson, Tracts St. Helena: 312 (1816).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cymbidium aloifolium	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Orchids of Asia (Teoh, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cymbidium aloifolium (Linnaeus) Swartz	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Cymbidium aloifolium Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Swartz	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Epidendrum pendulum Roxb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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