Dendrobium plicatile

Dendrobium plicatile
Dendrobium plicatile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Podochileae
Subtribe:	Dendrobiinae
Genus:	Dendrobium
Species:	D. plicatile
Binomial name
Dendrobium plicatile Lindl.
Synonyms
Callista binnendykii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 Callista flabella [Rchb.f]Kuntze 1891 Callista kunstleri (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891 Dendrobium binnendijkii Rchb.f. 1865 Dendrobium fimbriatum [Bl.] Lindl. 1830 Dendrobium flabellum Rchb.f 1857 Dendrobium insulare Steudel 1840 Dendrobium kunstleri Hook.f. 1890 Dendrobium mentosum Schltr. 1911 Dendrobium rabanii Lindl. Desmotrichum binnendijkii (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1910 Desmotrichum fimbriatum Blume 1825 Desmotrichum kunstleri (Hook.f.) Kraenzl. 1910 Ephemerantha fimbriata (Blume) P.F. Hunt & Summerh. 1961 Ephemerantha kunstleri (Hook.f.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1961 Flickingeria binnendijkii (Rchb.f.) A.D.Hawkes 1965 Flickingeria fimbriata (Blume) A.D.Hawkes, Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 27: 303 (1965) Flickingeria kunstleri (Hook.f.) A.D.Hawkes 1965; Flickingeria rabanii (Lindl.) Seidenf.

Dendrobium plicatile is an orchid species of Asia. It was formerly treated as Flickingeria fimbriata in the (no longer accepted) genus Flickingeria.

The orchid is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, Malesia, and other regions.

It is found in: Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Himalayas East, India ( Assam), Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam.

The plant reportedly has the Hepatoprotection properties, the ability to prevent damage to the liver.

From the stems, three phenanthrenes can be isolated, named plicatol A, B and C.

The plant also contains the norditerpenoids named flickinflimilins A and B and steroids.

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