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

On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Vibrant image and nice work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English
> names are correct, regards, Sam.
>
> On Mon, 13 Jan, 2025, 12:29 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> *Vanilla planifolia* Andrews
>> [image: Vanilla planifolia Andrews]
>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104695806>
>>
>> *van-IL-a* or *van-EE-ya* -- from a Spanish word meaning little pod ... 
>> Dave's
>> Botanary
>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Vanilla>
>> *plan-ee-FOH-lee-uh* -- flat-leaved ... Dave's Botanary
>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=planifolia>
>>
>> *commonly known as*: flat-leaved vanilla, vanilla creeper • *Hindi*:
>> वैनिला vainila • *Kannada*: ವನಿಲಾ vanila • *Konkani*: वनिल vanil •
>> *Malayalam*: വാനില vaanila • *Tamil*: வனிக்கொடி vani-k-koti • *Telugu*:
>> వెనిలా venila • *Tibetan*: དྲི་ཞིམ་ལྡན་པའི་རྩྭ། dri zhim ldan pa'i rtswa
>>
>>
>> *botanical names*: *Vanilla planifolia* Andrews ... *heterotypic
>> synonyms*: *Vanilla aromatica* Willd. • *Vanilla sativa* Schiede • *Vanilla
>> sylvestris* Schiede ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved
>> 12 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
>> *flat-leaved vanilla*
>>
>>    - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_planifolia> - The
>>    Free Encyclopedia ... or simply vanilla
>>    - or Mexican vanilla ... Vikaspedia
>>    
>> <https://agriculture.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/spices/vanilla?lgn=en>
>>    - Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Portal - Government of India initiative
>>    (powered by MEIT <https://www.meity.gov.in/> & C-DAC
>>    <https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=HY>)
>>
>> *vanilla creeper*
>>
>>    - Flowers of India
>>    <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Vanilla%20Creeper.html>,
>>    retrieved January 12, 2025
>>
>> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
>> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*,
>> *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*,
>> Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand*
>> *वैनिला vainila*
>>
>>    - विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
>>    
>> <https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE>
>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>
>> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
>> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*
>> *ವನಿಲಾ vanila*
>>
>>    - ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ - ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ
>>    
>> <https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BE>
>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>
>> ~~~~~ 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
>> *वनिल vanil*
>>
>>    - for *Vanilla aromatica* Willd. ... Enumeration of plants from
>>    Gomantak India
>>    
>> <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf>
>>    with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
>>
>> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
>> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep
>> *വാനില vaanila*
>>
>>    - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
>>    
>> <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2>
>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>
>> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
>> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry,
>> Andaman & Nicobar Islands
>> *வனிக்கொடி vani-k-koti*
>>
>>    - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/>
>>    [Madras], University of Madras
>>
>> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
>> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*,
>> *Telangana*, Puducherry
>> *వెనిలా venila*
>>
>>    - వికీపీడియా - స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సర్వస్వమ
>>    
>> <https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE>
>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>
>> ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
>> written in: *Tibetan* ... spoken in: *Tibet*, *Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh*,
>> Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
>> *དྲི་ཞིམ་ལྡན་པའི་རྩྭ། dri zhim ldan pa'i rtswa*
>>
>>    - ཝེ་ཁེ་རིག་མཛོད། - རང་དབང་གི་རིག་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོ།
>>    
>> <https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%91%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9E%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A9%E0%BE%AD%E0%BC%8D>
>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>
>> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
>> cultivated as cash crop in: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil
>> Nadu
>>
>>    - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A
>>    Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.
>>    
>> <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%202.pdf>
>>    1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
>>
>> ~~~~~ Created on: 18:01 12-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:48 13-01-2025 ~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Names compiled / updated at
>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanilla-planifolia-andrews.html
>>
>> Regards.
>> Dinesh
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Names compiled / updated at
>>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/vanilla-planifolia-andrews.html
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> Dinesh
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 25 April 2012 at 17:14:16 UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
>>>
>>>> Many thanks Mani ji ... doubtful (not sure) about finding it in Mumbai.
>>>> Will keep you posted.
>>>> Regards.
>>>> Dinesh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:06 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dinesh ji, nice flowers.  Where the plant is available in Mumbai.
>>>>> Please let me know.  I am interested in growing it.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Mani
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/23/12, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> > @ DInesh: Thanks , bookmarked it// will and Can use it often..
>>>>> > Usha di
>>>>> > ======
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dinesh Valke
>>>>> > <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Pankaj, there are now many "spice" farms in and around Goa.
>>>>> Eco-tourism is
>>>>> >> catching up. Cultivated plants and their importance and trivia are
>>>>> >> explained to tourists.
>>>>> >> This particular vanilla plant is at Tanshikar's Spice Farm at
>>>>> Netorli,
>>>>> >> Goa.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Usha di - have put a link below pronunciation and meaning ... Dave's
>>>>> >> Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> (
>>>>> >> http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/ )
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Regards.
>>>>> >> Dinesh
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar
>>>>> >> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> Oh where did you get that plant. Actually this is not found in
>>>>> India. It
>>>>> >>> was introduced by Britishers for Vanilla extraction from the seed
>>>>> pods.
>>>>> >>> Nice to see that it flowered. I have it at home but it never
>>>>> flowers.
>>>>> >>> Thanks for sharing.
>>>>> >>> Pankaj
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> > Usha di
>>>>> > ===========
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>
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