Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusAerides
Scientific name with authorshipAerides odorata Lour.
Indexed scientific synonyms
Aerides ballantiniana Rchb.f.Aerides cornuta Roxb.Aerides dayana GuillauminAerides flavida Lindl.Aerides jucunda Rchb.f.Aerides latifolia (Thunb. ex Sw.) Sw.Aerides micholitzii RolfeAerides nobilis B.S.WilliamsAerides nobilis R.WarnerAerides odorata f. immaculata (Guillaumin) M.Wolff & O.GrussAerides odorata var. annamensis CostantinAerides odorata var. birmanica Rchb.f.Aerides odorata var. demidovii LindenAerides odorata var. eburnea Cogn.Aerides odorata var. major OrtgiesAerides odorata var. micholitzii (Rolfe) GuillauminAerides odorata var. pallida GuillauminAerides reichenbachii LindenAerides reichenbachii var. cochinchinensis Rchb.f.Aerides rohaniana Rchb.f.Aerides suaveolens BlumeAerides suaveolens var. virens (Lindl.) BlumeAerides suavissima Lindl.Aerides virens Lindl.Aerides virens var. ellisii B.S.WilliamsAerides wilsoniana Anon.Aeridium odorum Salisb.Epidendrum aerides Raeusch.Epidendrum odoratum (Lour.) Poir.Limodorum latifolium Thunb.Limodorum latifolium Thunb. ex Sw.Orxera cornuta (Roxb.) Raf.Polytoma odorifera Lour.Polytoma odorifera Lour. ex B.A.Gomes
Documented use categories
Medicine
Environmental use
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier615287-1
Use codesEU ME
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
USDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2
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!Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.