Bletilla striata

Bletilla striata
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Arethuseae
Subtribe:	Bletiinae
Alliance:	Calanthe
Genus:	Bletilla
Species:	B. striata
Binomial name
	Bletilla striata; (Thunb.) Rchb.f. (1878)
Synonyms
	Bletia gebina Lindl. (1847); Bletia hyacinthina (Sm.) Aiton (1813); Bletia hyacinthina var. gebina (Lindl.) Blume (1858); Bletia striata (Thunb.) Druce (1917); Bletilla elegantula (Kraenzl.) Garay & G.A. Romero (1998); Bletilla gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1853); Bletilla striata f. gebina (Lindl.) Ohwi (1953); Bletilla striata var. albomarginata Makino (1929); Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1852); Calanthe gebina (Lindl.) Lindl. (1855); Coelogyne elegantula Kraenzl. (1921); Cymbidium hyacinthinum Sm. (1805); Cymbidium striatum (Thunb.) Sw. (1799); Epidendrum striatum (Thunb.) Thunb. (1794); Gyas humilis Salisb. (1812); Jimensia nervosa Raf. (1838); Jimensia striata (Thunb.) Garay & R.E. Schult. (1958); Limodorum hyacinthinum (Sm.) Donn (1807); Limodorum striatum Thunb. (1784) (Basionym); Polytoma inodora Lour. ex Gomes Mach. (1868); Sobralia bletioides Brongn. ex Decne. (1847);

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Uses

Bletilla striata is used in Asian traditional medicine for treating problems with the lining of the alimentary canal, e.g. ulcers.^[4]

It is also used as a natural glue for making silk strings for traditional Chinese instruments like the guqin.^{[citation needed]}

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