*Bacopa monnieri* (L.) Wettst. [image: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.] *buh-KOH-puh* -- Latinized form of the South American aboriginal name ... EOL <https://eol.org/media/6742221> / from the Sanskrit ब्राह्मी (*brahmi*) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Bacopa";> *mon-ee-ER-ee* -- named for Monnier, French physician, naturalist, and professor ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=monnieri";>
*commonly known as*: herb of grace, Indian pennywort, moneywort, Monnier's bacopa, thyme-leaved gratiola, water hyssop • *Assamese*: ব্ৰাহ্মী brahmi • *Bengali*: ব্রাহ্মী brahmi • *Bodo*: thiphu maigong • *Gujarati*: બામ baam, જલબ્રાહ્મી brahmi, જલનેવરી jalanevari, કડવી લૂણી kadavi luni • *Hindi*: बाम baam, ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलबूटी jalbuti, जलनीम jalnim, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi, पानब्राह्मी panbrahmi, सफेद चमनी safed chamani • *Kachchhi*: કડવી નેવરી kadavi nevari • *Kannada*: ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ brahmi, ಜಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ jala brahmi, ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi, ನೀರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ niru brahmi • *Konkani*: ब्राह्यी ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಿ brahmi • *Malayalam*: ബ്രഹ്മി brahmi • *Manipuri*: ꯕ꯭ꯔꯥꯍꯃꯤ ꯁꯥꯛ brahmi-sak • *Marathi*: ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलब्राह्मी jalabrahmi, नीर ब्राह्मी nir brahmi • *Nepali*: मेधा गिरी medha giree • *Odia*: ବ୍ରାହ୍ମୀ brahmi, ପୃଶ୍ନି ପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ prusni parnni • *Punjabi*: ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮੀ brahami • *Rabha*: mee-brami • *Rajasthani*: ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलबूटी jalbuti, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi • *Sanskrit*: ऐन्द्री aindri, ब्राह्मी brahmi, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi, सरस्वती saraswati, तिक्तलोणिका tiktalonika • *Tamil*: நீர்ப்பிரமி nir-p-pirami, பிரமி pirami, பிரமியம் piramiyam, தராய் taray • *Telugu*: చిలకఆకు chilaka aaku, జలబ్రహ్మి jalabrahmi, నీటిబ్రాహ్మీ nitibrahmi, సాంబ్రాణి ఆకు sambrani aku • *Tulu*: ನೀರಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ nirbrahmi *botanical names*: *Bacopa monnieri* (L.) Wettst. ... *synonyms*: listed at POWO <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1072674-2> Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ *herb of grace* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacopa_monnieri> *Indian pennywort* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacopa_monnieri> - GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/species/3171169> *moneywort* - popular trade name, found listed in various aquarium and plant-related commercial websites *Monnier's bacopa* - literal translation of the scientific name - *Bacopa monnieri*; *Bacopa* = genus name, Latinized form of the aboriginal name of plants used by the people of French Guiana ... EOL <https://eol.org/media/6742221>; *monnieri* = commemorative epithet, honouring Monnier, most likely - Louis Guillame Le Monnier, French physician, naturalist, and professor of botany at the Jardin des plantes in Paris ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=monnieri";> *thyme-leaved gratiola* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacopa_monnieri> - name derived from one of the synonyms - *Gratiola monnieri* (L.) L.; and for the leaves resembling to those of thyme *water hyssop* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacopa_monnieri> - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - also *coastal water hyssop* ... GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/species/101402031> ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ *ব্ৰাহ্মী brahmi* - XOBDO <http://xobdo.org/dic/bacopa%20monnieri> - or *ব্ৰাহ্মী শাক brahmi shaak* ... Wikipedia <https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ *আধাবিরানি adhabirani* - Wikipedia <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80> - this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere *ব্রাহ্মী brahmi* - Flora - Mehedi Voice <https://mehedivoice.blogspot.com/p/flora.html";> - or *ব্রাহ্মীশাক brahmi-shaak* ... Wikipedia <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80> *ধূপকামিনী dhupakamini* - Wikipedia <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80> - this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere *মালঞ্চ malancha* - Wikipedia <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80> ... this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere for *Bacopa monnieri* - name apt for *Alternanthera philoxeroides*, and perhaps for some other leafy vegetable(s) ~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~ *thiphu maigong* - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/43377/12/12_chapter%205.pdf";> by Dipali Deka - Wild edible aquatic and marshland angiosperms of Baksa district, BTC area, Assam, India <https://www.imedpub.com/articles/wild-edible-aquatic-and-marshland-angiosperms-of-baksa-district-btc-area-assam-india.pdf> by Namita Deka and Nilakshee Devi ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ *બામ baam* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 *જલબ્રાહ્મી jalabrahmi* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 *જલનેવરી jalanevari* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 *કડવી લૂણી kadavi luni* - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 - वनौषधी [ *Vanaushadi* ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ *बाम baam* - for *ब्राह्यी brahmi*, popular ayurvedic name for *Bacopa monnieri* as well as *Centella asiatica* (L.) Urb. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *ब्राह्मी brahmi* - Wikipedia <https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80> - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *जलबूटी jalbuti* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *जलनीम jalnim* - for synonym *Herpestis monnieria* (L.) Kunth ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *पानब्राह्मी panbrahmi* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *सफेद चमनी safed chamani* - Wikipedia <https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80> - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ *કડવી નેવરી kadavi nevari* - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 ... also *નેવરી nevari* ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ *ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ brahmi* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf";> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu *ಜಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ jala brahmi* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - ಜಲ jala = water; named so, due to its aquatic or marshy habitat and its use as brahmi ... Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf";> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu *ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi = smaller brahmi; named so, due to its relatively smaller size, compared to other plant source of brahmi - *Centella asiatica* (L.) Urb. ... Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf";> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu *ನೀರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ niru brahmi* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - Five Hundred Indian Plants <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf";> by Basel Mission, Mangalore - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore <https://ia801404.us.archive.org/17/items/KannadaNamesMedicinalPlants/Kannada%20names%20medicinal%20plants.pdf";> by S G Narsimhachar - ನೀರು niru = water; named so, due to its aquatic or marshy habitat and its use as brahmi ... Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf";> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ *ब्राह्यी ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಿ brahmi* - Five Hundred Indian Plants <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf";> by Basel Mission, Mangalore ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ *ബ്രഹ്മി brahmi* - Wikipedia <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF> - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ *ꯕ꯭ꯔꯥꯍꯃꯤ ꯁꯥꯛ brahmi-sak* - Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Brahmi.html> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ *ब्राह्मी brahmi* - वनौषधी [ *Vanaushadi* ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *जलब्राह्मी jalabrahmi* - वनौषधी [ *Vanaushadi* ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar *नीर ब्राह्मी nir brahmi* - वनौषधी [ *Vanaushadi* ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar - The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ *मेधा गिरी medha giree* - Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200020622> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ *ବ୍ରାହ୍ମୀ brahmi* - for synonym *Herpestis monnieria* (L.) Kunth ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. *ପୃଶ୍ନି ପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ prusni parnni* - for synonym *Herpestis monnieria* (L.) Kunth ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ *ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮੀ brahami* - Wikipedia <https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80> ~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ *mee-brami* - Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/43377/12/12_chapter%205.pdf";> by Dipali Deka ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ *ब्राह्मी brahmi* - Floral diversity of Thar desert of western Rajasthan, India <http://jphytolres.org/system/files/old_papers/7.%20Charan%20%26%20Sharma.pdf";> by P D Charan and K C Sharma *जलबूटी jalbuti* - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India <http://www.thebiobrio.in/contentj/4_Floristic.pdf";> by Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi *नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi* - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India <http://www.thebiobrio.in/contentj/4_Floristic.pdf";> by Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ *ऐन्द्री aindri* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *ब्राह्मी brahmi* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - वनौषधी [ *Vanaushadi* ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar *नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf";> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu *सरस्वती saraswati* - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf";> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu *तिक्तलोणिका tiktalonika* - वनौषधी [ *Vanaushadi* ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ *நீர்ப்பிரமி nir-p-pirami* - for synonym *Herpestis monnieria* (L.) Kunth ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> - Wikipedia <https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF> *பிரமி pirami* - for synonym *Herpestis monnieria* (L.) Kunth ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *பிரமியம் piramiyam* - for synonym *Herpestis monnieria* (L.) Kunth ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> *தராய் taray* - for synonym *Herpestis monnieria* (L.) Kunth ... Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ *చిలకఆకు chilaka aaku* - Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Bacopa+monnieri> *జలబ్రహ్మి jalabrahmi* - Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Bacopa+monnieri> *నీటిబ్రాహ్మీ nitibrahmi* - Wikipedia <https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%80> *సాంబ్రాణి ఆకు sambrani aku* - Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Bacopa+monnieri> - ENVIS - FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/269/4b9e39c50344bc478935095d3cee43c3> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ *ನೀರಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ nirbrahmi* - ನೀರ nir = water; named so, due to its aquatic or marshy habitat and its use as brahmi ... Shodhganga <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf";> - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2021/10/bacopa-monnieri-l-wettst.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0LhesQoVt2upFAhPdvdgx_QqoKkxd4cL_GbTgG4-ncWA%40mail.gmail.com.
