Nice pic and excellent work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct. Regards, Sam.
On Sun, 12 Jan, 2025, 1:22 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *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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