ner-VIL-ee-uh -- from the Latin
nervus (vein) referring to distinctly fine veins in leaves ...
Dave's Botanary
SIM-plecks -- simple, unbranched ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: round shield orchid, trembling nervilia •
Kannada: ಒಂದೆಲೆ ತಾವರೆ ondele thaavare •
Konkani: साधी नरवी अमरी saadhi narvi amri •
Malayalam: നീലത്താമര neelathamara, ഓരിലതാമര orilathaamara •
Marathi: साधी नरवी अमरी saadhi narvi amri •
Tulu: ಒಂಜಿರೆ ತಾವರೆ onjire thaavare
botanical names:
Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr. ...
homotypic synonyms:
Epidendrum simplex (Thouars) Spreng. ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... and much more at
POWO, retrieved 18 November 2023
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
round shield orchid
- for Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
trembling nervilia
- for Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... Flowers of India - retrieved November 18, 2023
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಒಂದೆಲೆ ತಾವರೆ ondele thaavare
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Roman ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
साधी नरवी अमरी saadhi narvi amri
- name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala
നീലത്താമര neelathamara
ഓരിലതാമര orilathaamara
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
साधी नरवी अमरी saadhi narvi amri
- name coined, for want of name; साधी saadhi = simple, derived from the epithet simplex; नरवी narvi = Marathi coined name for the genus Nervilia; अमरी amri = Marathi coined name for orchid
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Kannada, Malayalam ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಒಂಜಿರೆ ತಾವರೆ onjire thaavare
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, *Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Odisha, *Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Uttarakhand
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
~~~~~ Last updated: 19-11-2023 ~~~~~