Vanda tessellata (ROXB.) DON. |
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Botanical Name |
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Vanda tessellata (ROXB.) DON. |
English
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Vanda orchid. |
Synonym(s) |
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Aerides tessellatum Wight, Cymbidium alagnata Hamilton ex Wall., Cymbidium tessellatum Sw., Cymbidium tesselloides Roxb., Epidendrum tessellatum Roxb., Epidendrum tesselloides Steud., Vanda roxburghii R. Br., Vanda tesselloides Reichb. f., Vanda unicolor. Steudo |
Family |
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Orchidaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An epiphytic orchid with a stout stem, 30 to 60 cm high. Leaves thickly coriaceous, linear-oblong, 15 to 20 cm long and 1.3 to 2 cm wide, recurved, unequally lobed at the apex. Flowers borne in 6 to 10 flowered racemes up to 25 cm long; sepals tesselated with brown lines and white margins; petals yellow with brown lines and yellow margins, shorter than sepals; lip 1.6 cm long, bluish dotted with purple, side lobes rising from the mouth of the straight, conical spur. Capsules oblong, winged, 7 to 9 cm long, narrowly clavate-oblong with acute ribs and short pedicel. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antiarthritic, laxative, antibacterial, antitubercular, and antipyretic (root). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Glycosides (root); gamma and beta-sitosterol and two fatty compounds which have long chains (plant), Heptacosane , octacosanol. |
| Chemistry
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Heptacosane |
593-49-7 |
Heptacosane |
C27H56 |
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| Octacosanol |
67905-27-5 |
Octacosan-1-ol |
C28H58O |
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| gamma-Sitosterol |
83-46-5 |
17-(4-ethyl-1,5-dime
thyl-hexyl)-10,13-di
methyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,1
0,11,12,13
,14,15,1
6,17-tetradecahydro-
1H-cyclopenta[a]phen
anthren-3-ol |
C29H50O |
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| beta-Sitosterol |
5779-62-4 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9
,11,12,14,
15,16,17
-dodecahydro-1H-cycl
openta[a]phenanthren
-3-ol |
C29H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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As a tonic (for brain and liver), laxative, reducing fever, bronchitis, indigestion and as a liniment (in rheumatism and nervous disorders) (root); liniment (for fever) (leaf paste); inflammation within the auditory canal (plant juice); in sciatica. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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