Names of Plants in India :: Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

[Dinesh Valke]

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Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ... (family: Orchidaceae)

     

VAN-duh -- from Sanskrit, referring to the Vanda orchids and some other epiphytic plants ... Dave's Botanary
test-uh-SEE-uh -- shell covered, referring to fruit covering ... Dictionary of Botanical Epithets



commonly known as: the small flowered vanda • Kannada: ¿ ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸ್ನಾ ? kiri raasna • Marathi: पिवळी वंदा 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





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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
Please validate the name put in native script: ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸ್ನಾ


Regards.
Dinesh

[Giby Kuriakose]

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.  

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Giby

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Giby ji for the Malayalam name.
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Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Very Very Beautiful Dinesh Ji

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[Dinesh Valke]

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanda-testacea-lindl-rchbf.html

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Dinesh

[Dinesh Valke]

Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

VAN-duh -- derived from the Sanskrit word वन्दा (vanda) = any parasitical or epiphytic plant ... Dave's Botanary • विकिशब्दकोशः
test-uh-SEE-uh -- Latin: testaceus (covered with a shell) - referring to the fruit covering ... Wiktionary

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 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 - 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 - 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.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸನಾ kiri raasana

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Katrahalli, Kotresha & Kambhar, Sidanand & Harihar, N. (2011). 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 - 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 (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, 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 ... 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, 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

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 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, 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

~~~~~ 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. 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

~~~~~ 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 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. 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”. International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2011

వజనికా vajnika

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for Vanda parviflora Lindl. ... The Useful Plants of India, 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
• Telangana :: Telangana Forest Department - 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. Nelumbo, 64(2), 210–219.
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. 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

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[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Nice pic and excellent work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct.
Regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very useful compilation Dinesh ji.

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