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Botany
Tall terrestial herb,
with stems up tp 3 meters high. Leaves are borne in two ranks, linear-lanceolate.
Simple terminal Inflorescence, the sepals and petals are similar, white,
overspread with pink; lip is large, magenta with a yellow patch at the
base.
Distribution
Cultivated in gardens.
Grows well in the Baguio area.
Properties and
constituents
• Study isolated five compounds: (2E)-, 2-propenoic
acid, 3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-decosyl ester (I), p-hydroxybenzyl
alcohol (II), triacontanol (III) and p-hydroxybenzylethyl ether (IV),
3-hydroxy-5-methoxybibenzyl (V).
• Phytochemistry: benzyldihydrophenanthrene, arundinaol, stilbenoid
arundinan and phenanthrene constituents. source
• Contains tannin, saponin and heptacosane.
• From the rhizome, a benzyledihydrophenanthrene.
Parts
utilized
Rhizomes
Uses
Folkloric
• No reported folkloric
medicinal use in the Philippines.
• In India,
scrapped bulbous stem applied on heels to treat cracks.
• Leaves, root and juice used for ear pain and rheumatism.
• In traditional Chinese medicine, used as antidote to demulcent.
• In Bangladesh, Roots used snakebite and intestinal biliary colic.
Studies
• Arundinaol:
A novel benzyldihydrophenanthrene
named aundinaol was isolated from the rhizome of AG.
Availability
Ornamental cultivation.
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