Amdi / Small Flowered Vanda
Vanda testacea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- April-July
How to identify Amdi
Identify Amdi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Amdi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vanda testacea
- Genus
- Vanda
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“It flowers in 6–20 flowered racemes;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Amdi itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- अमड़ी Amdi
- Nepali
- हरजोर Harajor
- Tamil
- சிறுமலர் வாண்டா Cirumalar Vanda
- Kannada
- ಕಿರಿ ರಾಸನಾ Kiri Raasana
- Malayalam
- മരവാഴ Maravaazha
- Marathi
- हाडाचा लसूण Hadacha Lasun, पिवळी वंदा Pivali Vanda
About Amdi
A member of the Orchidaceae family, Small Flowered Vanda (Vanda testacea) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 12 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests and also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from April to July.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Amdi belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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