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Rajeevan, Parvathi
Aneesa, Ansiya
Appukuttannair, Gangaprasad
Sugathan, Shiburaj
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology (DST-INSPIRE), Government of India (Award No: IF200140)
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Article History
Received: 2 June 2026
Accepted: 31 August 2026
First Online: 6 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Plant materials used in this study were collected from naturally occurring (wild) populations of Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. ex G.Don growing on roadside host trees at Parassuvakkal, along the Neyyattinkara-Parassala route, Kerala, India (8.3760°N, 77.1543°E). Collection and handling of plant materials were conducted in accordance with relevant institutional, local, and national guidelines. Permission for plant collection was obtained from the Kerala Forest Department (Permission No: KFDHQ-3041/2022-CWW/WL-10). The plant material was taxonomically identified by Dr. Gangaprasad Appukuttannair, Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Botany, University of Kerala, India. A voucher specimen (KUBH 11403) has been deposited in the Kerala University Botany Herbarium (KUBH), University of Kerala, India. This study did not involve human participants or vertebrate animals.
Consent to publish: Not Applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
