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Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don

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Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAerides tessellata (Roxb.) Wight ex Lindl.
synonymCymbidium allagnata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., nom. nud.
synonymCymbidium tessellatum (Roxb.) Sw.
synonymCymbidium tesselloides Roxb.
synonymEpidendrum tessellatum Roxb.
synonymVanda roxburghii R.Br.
synonymVanda roxburghii var. wrightiana Rchb.f.
synonymVanda tesselloides (Roxb.) Rchb.f.
🗒 Common Names
Malayalam
  • Arathamaravazha
  • Maravanchi
  • Maravazha
Other
  • Checkered Vanda
  • Vanda Orchid
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Epiphytic herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Scandent epiphytic shrubs. Leaves 2-ranked, to 15 x 2.2 cm, oblong, recurved conduplicate, 2-lobed at apex, with a central acute tip, base sheathing, coriaceous, closely packed. Racemes axillary; flowers 5 cm across, white outside, inner tessellate with brown spots; petals to 5 cm; lip bluish dotted with purple, 3-lobed, side lobes 7 mm; spur 5 mm, conical; column 5 mm.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Habit: An epiphytic herb, upto 1m.
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: June-September
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Morphology
            Flower

            In erect, axillary laxly few flowered racemes; violet when open, brownish when fading. Flowering from July-August.

            Fruit

            A capsule, terete; seeds many. Fruiting August onwards.

            Field tips

            Leaf apex tridentate.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate-spiral

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Linear

            Leaf Apex

            Tridentate

            Leaf Base

            Sheathing

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat

              Habitat

              Terrestrial
              Terrestrial
              Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Forested areas, shady places
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  India, Myanmar, China and Sri Lanka

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Wayanad

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                    Found on deciduous trees of deciduous forests from plains to 700m. Common. India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
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                      Global Distribution

                      India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland

                      Indian Distribution

                      Assam

                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda
                        Ayurveda
                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        Siddha
                        Siddha
                        Unani
                        Unani
                        Medicinal
                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                          System Of Medicines Used In

                          Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Unani, Siddha

                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2168
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                            📚 Information Listing
                            References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2168
                            1. Vanda roxburghii R.Br., Bot. Reg. 6. t.506. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 52. 1890.
                            2. Epidendrum tessellatum Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 42. 1795.
                            3. Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex D. Don in Loud., Hort. Brit. 372.1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1445(1010). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 438. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 307. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 700. 1997; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 126. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 309. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 339. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 228. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 854. 2009.
                            Information Listing > References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2168
                            2. Vanda roxburghii R.Br., Bot. Reg. 6. t.506. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 52. 1890.
                            3. Epidendrum tessellatum Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 42. 1795.
                            4. Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex D. Don in Loud., Hort. Brit. 372.1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1445(1010). 1928; Abraham & Vatsala, Introd. Orchids 438. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 307. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 700. 1997; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 126. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 309. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 339. 2002; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 228. 2004; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 854. 2009.
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                            📚 Meta data
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                            🐾 Taxonomy
                            RootRoot
                            KingdomPlantae
                            PhylumTracheophyta
                            ClassLiliopsida
                            OrderAsparagales
                            FamilyOrchidaceae
                            GenusVanda
                            SpeciesVanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don
                            📊 Temporal Distribution
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