Table 1.
Traditional and folk medical usage of the Bulbophyllum species.
| Bulbophyllum species | Country | Usage | References |
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| Bulbophyllum albidum | India | Strengthening of a weak uterus for conception | [44] |
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| Bulbophyllum barbigerum | Cameroon | Side pain (whole plant), ear pain (leaves) | [2] |
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| Bulbophyllum calyptratum | Cameroon | Skin diseases (measles, poxes abscesses, rashes) (leaves), wounds, burns (whole plant) | [2] |
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| Bulbophyllum careyanum | Nepal | Burns (pseudobulb), abortion, and recovery during childbirth (leaves) | [3] |
| India | Burns (pseudobulb), abortion, and recovery during childbirth (leaves) | [45] | |
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| Bulbophyllum cariniflorum | Not specified | Induce abortion (root) | [10] |
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| Bulbophyllum intertextum | Cameroon | Side pain (whole plant) | [2] |
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| Bulbophyllum kaitesse | India | Cancer, inflammatory, bacterial infection (pseudobulb) | [46] |
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| Bulbophyllum kwangtungense | China | Pulmonary tuberculosis, bleeding, fever (tuber) | [47] |
| Japan | Pulmonary tuberculosis, bleeding, fever (tuber) | [47] | |
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| Bulbophyllum leopardinum | Nepal | Burns | [48] |
| India | Burns | [45] | |
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| Bulbophyllum lilacinum | Bangladesh | Tiredness, anxiety, aphrodisiac, inflammation, rheumatism, hypertension, diabetes, anemia, tuberculosis, cough, asthma, jaundice, heavy menstruation, leucorrhoea, eye disease, wound (pseudobulb, whole plant) | [10, 49, 50] |
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| Bulbophyllum modestum | Thailand | Ear infection (stem) | [51] |
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| Bulbophyllum mutabile | Malaysia | Fever (leaves) | [52] |
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| Bulbophyllum neilgherrense | India | Heart diseases, rheumatism, leukoderma (pseudobulb), weakness (juice), tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fractures, scabies (whole plant) | [53–55] |
| Bangladesh | Tonic | [50] | |
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| Bulbophyllum odoratissimum | Bhutan | Tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fracture (whole plant) | [47] |
| Burma | Tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fracture (whole plant) | [47] | |
| China | Cough, toothache, tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fracture (whole plant) | [47], 15] | |
| India | Tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fracture (whole plant) | [45, 47] | |
| Laos | Tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fracture (whole plant) | [47] | |
| Nepal | Tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fracture (whole plant) | [47, 48] | |
| Thailand | Tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fracture (whole plant) | [47] | |
| Vietnam | Tuberculosis, chronic inflammation, fracture (whole plant) | [47] | |
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| Bulbophyllum pumilum | Cameroon | Epilepsy (whole plant) | [2] |
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| Bulbophyllum sterile | India | Rheumatism, swellings (pseudobulb) | [45] |