Sunday, 12 January 2025

Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Vanda testacea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

VAN-duh -- derived from the Sanskrit word वन्दा (vanda) = any parasitical or epiphytic plant ... Dave's Botanaryविकिशब्दकोशः
test-uh-SEE-uh -- Latin: testaceus (covered with a shell) - referring to the fruit covering ... Wiktionary

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 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
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~~~~~ 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 - 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
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸನಾ kiri raasana
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (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
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
മരവാഴ maravaazha
  • Many thanks to Dr Giby Kuriakose for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... 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
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
हाडाचा लसूण hadacha lasun
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
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
मदुकम madukam
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ମଲାଙ୍ଗ malanga
ରାସ୍ନା rasna
~~~~~ 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 by Yercaud Ilango
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
బదనిక badanika, మర్దారు mardaru
మొల్లందానా mollandana
వజనికా vajnika
~~~~~ 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
* 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 ~~~~~
Orchidaceae perennial epiphytic forb herb "Vanda testacea" "Aerides testacea" "Aerides wightiana" "Vanda parviflora" "Vanda vitellina" "the small flowered vanda"

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