Description

It is a perennial herb that grows to a height of 60 cm. It has narrow leaves that are often stained black. The stalk has violet flowers and it has two nuts of ground tubers, one of which is longer than the other, so the orchid is called the testicle of the fox, and some people think that the orchid is an animal material and it is not like that, it is a plant, but these tubers have a whitish color to a frozen brown. The orchid is used in the Arab world on a large scale, especially in Egypt and Turkey And some regions of the Kingdom, especially Makkah and Jeddah, as it is of high nutritional value and a thick drink known as orchid is used from it and many people believe that it is an aphrodisiac, depending on its shape, and it is usually used after sweetening with sugar as a soothing and astringent food for children’s diarrhea and weak stomach and for people with dysentery. In Britain Orchid tuberculosis and convalescent used.