Orchids,the most beautiful flower creatios of God comprised a unique group of monocotyledonus plant belonging to the family orchidaceae. The term 'orchid' was drived from Greek word "orchis" meaning testical like and was first coined by Theophrastus (370-285 BC). There are about 22,000 species which are distributed all over the world.In Assam Acampe papilosa, papilionanthe teres, Rhynchostylis retusa are used for treating rheumatism, tuberculosis, diabetes, otorrhoea respectively.
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