Herbarium JCB

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

Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(Orchid Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don
Common name : Checkered Vanda
Vernacular name : Arathamaravazha, Maravazha, Maravanchi (Malayalam)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Dry and moist deciduous forests and also in the plains
Comments / notes : On foothills to about 750m, on slopes, sometimes in dense masses on decaying trees.
Flower, Fruit : March-October
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Adilabad district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Nagpur district, ,Pune district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Thane district, Palghar district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district, Keonjhar district, Dhenkanal district, Cuttack district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
Native : Indian subcontinent
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, China, Himalayas
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vanda tessellata. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.