Botany
Kula is a terrestrial orchid reaching a height of 70 centimeters, with slightly fleshy underground roots. Leaves are from 2 to 4, large and variable in size, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, up to 35 centimeters long and centimeters wide, plicate, with a pointed tip. Scapes are 20 to 50 centimeters high, leafless, growing from the base of the leaf shoot. Racemes are nodding, 3 centimeters long when in flower and longer when in fruit. Flowers are pale-pink to purplish, about 1 centimeter long and numerous. Lip is retuse or bilobed at the apex. Capsule is nodding, about 3.5 centimeters long.

Distribution
- At sea level up to 300-meters altitude, especially in thickets and open places.
- Occurs in Borneo, Taiwan, and Hongkong.

Constituents
Rhizomes reported to contain about 14% of a water-soluble adhesive.

Properties
Considered emollient.

Parts utilized
Tuberous roots.

Uses
Folkloric
- Liniment made from the bulb and rice water used in phlegmatic tumors and abscesses.
- In poultice form, used as emollient.
Others
- Glue: Tuberous roots contain a mucilage which is used as glue, used in cementing together parts of mandolins, guitars and other musical instruments.

Studies
• No studies found.

Availability
Cultivated.

Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
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Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr. (accepted name) / Chinese name / Catalogue of Life, China