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. ... 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
>>>>
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