*Vanda testacea* (Lindl.) Rchb.f. [image: Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78558717>
*VAN-duh* -- derived from the Sanskrit word वन्दा (*vanda*) = any parasitical or epiphytic plant ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Vanda> • विकिशब्दकोशः <https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE> *test-uh-SEE-uh* -- Latin: *testaceus* (covered with a shell) - referring to the fruit covering ... Wiktionary <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/testacea> *commonly known as*: small-flowered vanda • *Gujarati*: નાનું રાસના nanu rasna • *Hindi*: अमड़ी amdi • *Kannada*: ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸನಾ kiri raasana • *Konkani*: लहान रास्ना lahan rasna • *Kurukh*: मदगी बांदा madgi banda • *Malayalam*: മരവാഴ maravaazha • *Manipuri*: ꯀ꯭ꯋꯥꯀꯤꯕꯤ ꯍꯉꯥꯝꯄꯥꯜ kwakibi hangampal • *Marathi*: हाडाचा लसूण hadacha lasun, पिवळी वंदा pivali vanda • *Mizo*: nau-bân • *Mundari*: मदुकम madukam • *Nepali*: हरजोर harajor • *Odia*: ମଲାଙ୍ଗ malanga, ରାସ୍ନା rasna • *Tamil*: சிறுமலர் வாண்டா cirumalar vanda • *Telugu*: బదనిక badanika, మర్దారు mardaru, మొల్లందానా mollandana, వజనికా vajnika *botanical names*: *Vanda testacea* (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ... *synonyms*: *Aerides testacea* Lindl. • *Aerides wightiana* Lindl. • *Vanda parviflora* Lindl. • *Vanda vitellina* Kraenzl. ... and more in GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517 on [11 January 2025] Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *small-flowered vanda* - Orchids Wiki <https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Vanda_testacea> - a community that focuses on providing the best information on orchids and orchid culture ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *નાનું રાસના nanu rasana* - name coined, for want of name; નાનું nanu = small, smaller; રાસના rasana = name given to *Vanda roxburghii* / *Vanda tessellata* - રાસના rasana also written as રાસ્ના rasna = a medicinal plant ... Gujarati Lexicon <https://www.gujaratilexicon.com/dictionary/gujarati-to-gujarati-translation/%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE*/> - the most comprehensive Gujarati language resource ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *अमड़ी amdi* - Mujaffar, Shaikh & Mishra, Shakun & Deoda, V & Moinuddin, S & Mustakim, Shahriar. (2013). ORCHID SPECIES DIVERSITY OF EAST NIMAR, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279014320> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸನಾ kiri raasana* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/62134a1657c9e3e289cb4820bdcd9a8e/b456af3c184637adfc84b51d1f69cbe3> - Katrahalli, Kotresha & Kambhar, Sidanand & Harihar, N. (2011). FLORISTIC COMPOSITION OF WOODY SPECIES IN KARNATAK COLLEGE, DHARWAD (KCD), KARNATAKA, INDIA. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289675322_FLORISTIC_COMPOSITION_OF_WOODY_SPECIES_IN_KARNATAK_COLLEGE_DHARWAD_KCD_KARNATAKA_INDIA> Life sciences Leaflets. 18. 656 –669. - Parimala, R & Hegde, G R (2011) - Flora of Dharwad district - Part 2 <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/95562/2/02_chapter%201.pdf> - Shodhganga - ಕಿರಿ kiri = small, smaller; ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸನಾ kiri raasana = name given to *Vanda roxburghii* / *Vanda tessellata* ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat *लहान रास्ना lahan rasna* - name coined, for want of name; लहान lahan = small, smaller; रास्ना rasna = name given to *Vanda roxburghii* / *Vanda tessellata* ~~~~~ KURUKH ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कुँड़ुख़), Assamese-Bangla (কুড়ুখ্), Odia (କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍), Kurukh Banna and Tolong Siki ... spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people ... spoken in: *Chhattisgarh*, *Jharkhand*, *Odisha*, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura ... other names for this language: Kurux, Oraon, Uraon, Uranw *मदगी बांदा madgi banda* - for *Vanda parviflora* Lindl. ... The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n679/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Vanda>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *മരവാഴ maravaazha* - Many thanks to Dr Giby Kuriakose for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/IQEHiS6pmck/m/sV1psEgLL-UJ> ... a generic name for several species of *Acampe*, *Aerides* and *Vanda* ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei *ꯀ꯭ꯋꯥꯀꯤꯕꯤ ꯍꯉꯥꯝꯄꯥꯜ kwakibi hangampal* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Small%20Flowered%20Vanda.html>, retrieved January 10, 2025 ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *हाडाचा लसूण hadacha lasun* - The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> *पिवळी वंदा pivali vanda* - name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of *Flowers of Sahyadri*, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian *nau-bân* - for want of name; nau-bân = common name for any tree-orchid ... Dictionary of the Lushai language <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/lorrain/> by James Herbert Lorrain ~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~ written in: *Mundari Bani*, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, Odisha *मदुकम madukam* - for *Vanda parviflora* Lindl. ... The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n679/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Vanda>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, *Assam*, *Sikkim* *हरजोर harajor* - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/g3F0e6wvO80/m/_J6A6D82AQAJ> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *ମଲାଙ୍ଗ malanga* - Dash, Prasad & Sahoo, Santi & Bal, Subhasisa. (2008). Ethnobotanical Studies on Orchids of Niyamgiri Hill Ranges, Orissa, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41115608> Ethnobotanical Leaflets. 12. *ରାସ୍ନା rasna* - Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374233729_Floral_diversity_of_Koira_and_Barsuan_Ranges_Bonai_Forest_Division_Odisha> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *சிறுமலர் வாண்டா cirumalar vanda* - name coined, for want of name; சிறுமலர் வாண்டா cirumalar vanda = small-flowered vanda, based on names coined for this species in English as well as in various other regional languages - also based on lines of நீல மலர் வாண்டா nila malar vanda = blue-flowered vanda, a name given to *Vanda coerulea* ... Tamil names of Botanical names <https://books.google.com/books?id=EIE5EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false> by Yercaud Ilango ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *బదనిక badanika, మర్దారు mardaru* - Raju, Vatsavaya & Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy & Kn, Reddy. (2008). Orchid wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262007934> Proceedings of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. 12. 180-192. *మొల్లందానా mollandana* - Seetharami Reddi and O. Aniel Kumar, J. K. R. J. S. T. “Ethnomedicine of the Gadabas, a Primitive Tribe of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh <https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/imrj/article/view/1469>”. International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2011 *వజనికా vajnika* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/62134a1657c9e3e289cb4820bdcd9a8e/b456af3c184637adfc84b51d1f69cbe3> - for *Vanda parviflora* Lindl. ... The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n679/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Vanda>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andhra Pradesh, ***Arunachal Pradesh, ***Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, ***Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, ***Nagaland, Odisha, ***Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, ***Tripura, ***Uttarakhand, West Bengal - Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora <https://archive.org/details/checklist-of-gujarat-flora/page/66/mode/2up?q=Vanda&view=theater> - Telangana :: Telangana Forest Department <https://forests.telangana.gov.in/Pages/flora.aspx> - by R D Reddy - Tripura :: Baishnab, B., Paul, S., Banik, B., Kumar Chowdhury, A., & Kumar Datta, B. (2022). Eight new additions to the Orchid flora of Tripura, NE India. <https://nelumbo-bsi.org/index.php/nlmbo/article/view/166851> Nelumbo, 64(2), 210–219. - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.01; last update January 2nd, 2025. Last accessed 10/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 10:03 10-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:07 12-01-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanda-testacea-lindl-rchbf.html Regards. Dinesh On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanda-testacea-lindl-rchbf.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Friday, 25 May 2012 at 21:42:21 UTC+5:30 Balkar wrote: > >> Very Very Beautiful Dinesh Ji >> >> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Many thanks Giby ji for the Malayalam name. >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> In malayalam a group of orchids ie Acampe spp., Vanda spp. and Aerides >>>> spp. are called as *Maravazha *by local people*. *People use the leaf >>>> extract of any of these species to cure infections in the ear. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Giby >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 25 May 2012 16:48, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> via Species >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > V >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/v> > >>>>> >>>>> *Vanda testacea* (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ... (family: Orchidaceae) >>>>> [image: Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.] >>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/7260544418/> >>>>> >>>>> [image: Flowers of India] >>>>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Small%20Flowered%20Vanda.html> >>>>> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Vanda%20testacea> >>>>> [image: more views in flickr] >>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Vandatestacea&m=tags&z=m> [image: >>>>> more views on Google Earth] >>>>> <http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Vandatestacea&format=kml_nl> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *VAN-duh* -- from Sanskrit, referring to the *Vanda* orchids and some >>>>> other epiphytic plants ... Dave's Botanary >>>>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> >>>>> *test-uh-SEE-uh* -- shell covered, referring to fruit covering ... >>>>> Dictionary >>>>> of Botanical Epithets >>>>> <http://www.winternet.com/%7Echuckg/dictionary.html> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *commonly known as*: the small flowered vanda >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/the-small-flowered-vanda> >>>>> • *Kannada*: ¿ ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸ್ನಾ >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kiri-rasna-kiri-raasna> >>>>> ? kiri raasna >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kiri-rasna-kiri-raasna> >>>>> • *Marathi*: पिवळी वंदा pivali vanda >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/pivali-vanda-pivali-vanda> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *botanical names*: *Vanda testacea* (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ... *synonyms*: >>>>> *Aerides >>>>> testacea* Lindl. • *Aerides wightiana* Lindl. • *Aerides wrightiana* >>>>> Lindl. ex Wall. [Invalid] • *Vanda parviflora* Lindl. • *Vanda >>>>> vitellina* Kraenzl. ... The Plants List >>>>> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-211557> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >>>>> ~ ~ ~ >>>>> Photographed at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) ... >>>>> 20 MAY 12 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Need help on resolving the Kannada name *kiri raasna* ... referred ENVIS >>>>> - FRLHT >>>>> <http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4064&parname=0> >>>>> Please validate the name put in native script: ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸ್ನಾ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD >>>> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), >>>> Royal Enclave, >>>> Jakkur Post, Srirampura >>>> Bangalore- 560064 >>>> India >>>> Phone - +91 9448714856 <+91%2094487%2014856> +919947109987 >>>> <+91%2099471%2009987> (Mobile) >>>> visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/IQEHiS6pmck/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/9d937ff7-2916-4f1d-a082-d04a71413b1cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/9d937ff7-2916-4f1d-a082-d04a71413b1cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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