Medicinal ground orchids: source for value addition

Overview & Synopsis

Orchids are most diverse group among the angiosperms belonging to the family Orchidaceae. They are known for their unique habit, habitat, flowers and fragrance. They have aesthetic, economic and medico-food values. Less documentation is available on their medico-food values. Keeping this in view, an attempt has been made to document the medicinal uses of commonly available ground orchids in selected states of India. A survey was made during 2016-2022 with many project works and field visits along with literature survey. Results revealed that about 15 ground orchids commonly used for medico-food purposes belonging to 10 genus. The present works highlights the importance of ground orchids as a source of medicinal agents and to do value addition.