Vanda / Checkered Vanda
Vanda tessellata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- March-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vanda tessellata
- Genus
- Vanda
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry and moist deciduous forests and also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, China, Himalayas
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LinearrecordedVery long and narrow with roughly parallel sides.“Leaves succulent, 15–20 cm, long, linear, recurved, complicate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Vanda itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers in 6–10 flowered racemes, reaching with the peduncle 15–25 cm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“Capsules 7.5–9 cm long, narrowly clavate-oblong with acute ribs.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Vanda itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- वांदा Vanda, Nai, Perasara
- Nepali
- हरचुर Harachur, गाइतबारे Gaaitabaare
- Bengali
- রাস্না Rasna, নই Nai, দেশি রাস্না
- Tamil
- Kantanakuli, Vanda tessellata, vanda roxburghii
- Telugu
- Chittiveduri, Kanapabandanika
- Kannada
- Bandanike, Badanika, Vandaka
- Malayalam
- മരവഞ്ചി
- Marathi
- Aasna, रास्ना
About Vanda
Checkered Vanda (Vanda tessellata) is a herb in the Orchidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and 15 other states. It grows in dry and moist deciduous forests and also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from March to October.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Vanda belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
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