(Willd.) Kranzl.
Habitat: The Western Ghats.
Ayurvedic: Jivanti (substitute.)Folk: Nagli (Maharashtra)Action: Juice of fresh plant—stomachic, carminative, antispasmodic, laxative, liver tonic. (excites the bile). A related species, Dendrobium crumenatum Sw., occurs in Andaman Islands. Pounded leaves are used in Malaya for poulticing boils and pimples. Traces of alkaloids have been reported to be present in the pseudobulbs and leaves.
D. macraei Lindl. and D. normale Face. are also known as Jivanti.
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