Names of Plants in India: Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr.

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: നിലത്താമര nilathaamara, 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

for Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಒಂದೆಲೆ ತಾವರೆ ondele thaavare = single-leaved lotus

~~~~~ 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

നിലത്താമര nilathaamara

Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia
for Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... നിലത്താമര nilathaamara = ground lotus

ഓരിലതാമര orilathaamara

for Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ഓരിലതാമര orilathaamara = single-leaved lotus

~~~~~ 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

for Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಒಂಜಿರೆ ತಾವರೆ onjire thaavare = single-leaved lotus

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

*Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, *Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Odisha, *Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Uttarakhand

state-wise, this species is poorly documented; poorly observed
Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 18.1; last update Nov. 18th, 2023. Last accessed 18/11/2023.

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

~~~~~ Last updated: 20-11-2023 ~~~~~