Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling. Regards. Dinesh
On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. ... 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