Orchis ustulata Dark-winged orchis (Orchidaceae)

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Orchis ustulata
Dark-winged orchis
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The Orchis ustulata plant species is found in Britain. It is a member of the Orchidaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Dark-winged orchis.

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Latin Name:  Orchis ustulata
Common Name:  Dark-winged orchis
Family:  Orchidaceae
Author:  L.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  0.2   Mature Width:

Habitat:  Chalk downs and limestone pastures[17], it is also found in marshy places[42].

Medicinal Information: Salep (see above for more details) is very nutritive and demulcent[4]. It has been used as a diet of special value for children and convalescents, being boiled with water, flavoured and prepared in the same way as arrowroot[4]. Rich in mucilage, it forms a soothing and demulcent jelly that is used in the treatment of irritations of the gastro-intestinal canal[4]. One part of salep to fifty parts of water is sufficient to make a jelly[4]. The tuber, from which salep is prepared, should be harvested as the plant dies down after flowering and setting seed[4].

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