Liparis odorata (Willd.) Lindl.

lip-AIR-iss -- Greek: liparos (oily, smooth), referring to the glossy leaf surface ... Dave's Botanary
oh-dor-AY-tuh or oh-dor-AH-tuh -- fragrant ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: fragrant liparis • Konkani: रान सोनकेळ ran son-kel • Malayalam: കാട്ടു പൊന്നാം മരവാഴ kaattu ponnaam maravaazha • Marathi: रान सोनकेळ ran son-kel


botanical names: Liparis odorata (Willd.) Lindl. ... homotypic synonyms: Malaxis odorata Willd. ... heterotypic synonyms: Liparis paradoxa (Lindl.) Rchb.f. • Liparis parishii (Hook.f.) Hook.f. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

fragrant liparis

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

रान सोनकेळ ran son-kel

• name coined from the Malayalam name of this plant, for want of name; रान सोनकेळ ran son-kel = wild golden banana
• also रानकेळ ran-kel = wild banana, is a name given to Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കാട്ടു പൊന്നാം മരവാഴ kaattu ponnaam maravaazha

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R and Ajayan Sadanandan for help with this name ... facebook
• Orchids of Eastern Ghats (India) by Kothareddy Prasad, Subbiah Karuppusamy, T. Pullaiah
• കാട്ടു പൊന്നാം മരവാഴ kaattu ponnaam maravaazha = wild golden banana ... Google Translate
• leaves of this plant resemble to that of banana plant; though has no relation to banana family

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

रान सोनकेळ ran son-kel

• name coined from the Malayalam name of this plant, for want of name; रान सोनकेळ ran son-kel = wild golden banana
• also रानकेळ ran-kel = wild banana, is a name given to Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, *Assam, Goa, *Jharkhand, *Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram, *Nagaland, *Odisha, *Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, *Uttarakhand, *West Bengal

• Baishnab, Biswajit & Banik, Biplab & Majumdar, Koushik & Datta, B. (2019). FOUR NEW ADDITIONS OF ORCHID SPECIES FOR THE FLORA OF TRIPURA, NORTH EAST INDIA.
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 16.3; last update Aug. 16th, 2023. Last accessed 22/08/2023.

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

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Orchidaceae "terrestrial orchid" annual herb "Liparis odorata" "Malaxis odorata" "Liparis paradoxa" "Liparis parishii" "fragrant liparis"