| Accepted name: |
Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Epipactis pubescens A.A. Eaton
-Neottia pubescens Willd.
-Peramium pubescens (Willd.) MacMill.
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| English names: |
Downy Rattlesnake-plantain
Networt
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| French names: |
Goodyérie pubescente
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HGOOPU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Compound decoction taken as a blood tonic. Cold infusion of leaf taken for colds. Cold infusion of leaf taken with whiskey to improve the appetite. Ooze dripped into sore eyes. Cold infusion of leaf taken for kidneys. Infusion held in mouth for toothache(*7).
Used as a medicine for rheumatism. Administered to women following childbirth. Used for pleurisy(*57)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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