Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames

Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames, Orchidaceae (Ames) 2: 53 (1908).

Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames; Photos Tuy Phong Luong

Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames; Photos Khách Vô Danh 

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Aristotelea spiralis Lour.

Epidendrum aristotelea Raeusch.

Ibidium spirale (Lour.) Makino

Neottia pudica (Lindl.) Sweet

Neottia sinensis Pers.

Spiranthes aristotelea Merr.

Spiranthes australis var. pudica (Lindl.) F.Muell.

Spiranthes indica Lindl. ex Steud.

Spiranthes neocaledonica Schltr.

Spiranthes papuana Schltr.

Spiranthes pudica Lindl.

Spiranthes sinensis f. autumnus Tsukaya

Spiranthes sinensis f. gracilis F.Maek. ex Tsukaya

Spiranthes spiralis (Lour.) Makino

VietNam Name: 

Lan cuốn chiếu, Bàn long sâm

English Name:

The Chinese Spiranthes

Australia Name:

The Christmas Lily

China Name:

Shou Cao - 绶草 

Thailand Name:

Phak phai nam.

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam (Sin Ho, Lai Chau, Quan Ba, Ha Giang, Quang Ninh and throughout the North, Central, and South of Vietnam), Western Australia.

Ecological:

Open and moist areas in forests, thickets, wet grasslands, meadows, marshes; 250-3500 m.

Uses: 

Treatment of tuberculosis, cough, hemorrhage, amygdalitis, pharyngitis; skinny body, nervous breakdown; fire burns (whole tree).