Nice picture and great work dear Dinesh ji, The true സാമ്പാർ ചീര sambar cheera is *Talinum fruticosum. *However offshore people may using it for culinary purposes because it's mucus characteristics. Both Malayalam and English names are correct. *കൊഴുപ്പ kozhuppa (*means mucus) is another name, regards, Sam.
On Wed, 15 Oct, 2025, 11:53 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Sesuvium portulacastrum* (L.) L. > [image: Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153540889> > > *ses-OO-vee-um* -- from the area inhabited by the Sesuvii, a Gallic tribe > ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Sesuvium> > *port-yoo-luh-KAS-trum* -- resembles *Portulaca* ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=portulacastrum> > > *commonly known as*: sea purslane, shore purslane • *Bengali*: জাদু পালং > jadu palang • *Gujarati*: મંજાર manjaar • *Kachchhi*: ખારીયુ khariyu • > *Konkani*: धाप dhap • *Malayalam*: സാമ്പാർ ചീര saambar cheera • *Marathi*: > धापा dhapa • *Odia*: goda bani • *Rajasthani*: लूणीयो lunio • *Tamil*: > கடல் வழுக்கைக்கீரை katal valukkaikkirai, பவளவங்காரவாச்சி > pavala-vankaara-vaacci • *Telugu*: వంగరేడు కూర vangaredu koora, వంగరేసి > కూర vangaressi koora > > > *botanical names*: *Sesuvium portulacastrum* (L.) L. ... *homotypic > synonyms*: *Halimus portulacastrum* (L.) Kuntze • *Portulaca > portulacastrum* L. ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, > retrieved 13 October 2025 > Bibliography / etymology > Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid > permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise > their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites > may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of > India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> > mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just > enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best > prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu > amplo*. > ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ > written and spoken widely, in most parts of India > *sea purslane, shore purslane* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sea%20Purslane.html>, > retrieved October 13, 2025 > > ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ > written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, > Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands > *জাদু পালং jadu palang* > > - Flora - Mehedi Voice <https://mehedivoice.blogspot.com/p/flora.html> > > ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ > written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar > Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* > *મંજાર manjaar* > > - સૃષ્ટિ (અંક-૨૮, સપ્ટેમ્બર ૨૦૦૦, ચેર વિશેષાંક) > > <http://www.geerfoundation.gujarat.gov.in/Srushti%20PDF-3-11-2012/Ank-28.pdf> > publication by Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation > - ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ > > <https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%85%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B5/> > - મૅન્ગ્રોવ - બળદેવભાઈ પટેલ > > ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* > region of Gujarat > *ખારીયુ khariyu* > > - Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. > (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, > India. > > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236020734_Study_of_the_Angiospermic_flora_of_Kachchh_district_Gujarat_India> > Life Sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768. > > ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam > (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) > ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat > *धाप dhap* > > - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India > > <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> > with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak > - Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo > methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. > > <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> > Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. > > ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ > written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep > *സാമ്പാർ ചീര saambar cheera* > > - Sahadevan P, Dinesan Cheruvat, Suma CC "On mangroves and mangrove > associates of Puthuvypin of Ernakulam district of Kerala (South India) > <https://www.allsubjectjournal.com/archives/2017/vol4/issue3/4-2-85>". > International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Volume > 4, Issue 3,2017, Pages 134-139 > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka > *धापा dhapa* > > - The Useful Plants of India > > <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n581/mode/2up?q=Sesuvium>, > Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR > - *Common Indian Wild Flowers* by Isaac Kehimkar > - धापा dhapa = a > > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE+dhapa+%3D+a?entry=gmail&source=g> > kind of grass, also spelt as ढापा dhapa ... A dictionary, Marathi and > English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> by > Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) > > ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ > written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar > Islands > *goda bani* > > - Prasanna Kumar NAYAK, Raj Kishore MOHANTA, Ananta Kumar SAHU, Kedar > Kumar SWAIN - Mangroves of Mahanadi Delta in the state of Odisha and > aspects of their conservation > <https://ijcs.ro/public/IJCS-16-59_Nayak.pdf> - International Journal > of Conservation Science, Volume 7, Issue 4, October-December 2016: > 1095-1104 > - the name needs to be rendered in native script > > ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* > *लूणीयो lunio* > > - for want of name, generic regional name of *Sesuvium* given to this > species > - Rashmi Vyas, Suman C. Sharma - Study of Phytodiversity of Sikar > District of Rajasthan > > <https://www.socialresearchfoundation.com/upoadreserchpapers/3/23/150207103752english.pdf> > - Shrinkhala: Vol II, Issue II, October 2014 > - Surbhi Agarwal, Dilip Gena and Jehangeer Rehman Quereishi, 2017. "Check > list of the vascular plants of Nasirabad tehsil, Ajmer district > > <https://www.journalcra.com/article/check-list-vascular-plants-nasirabad-tehsil-ajmer-district>" > International Journal of Current Research, 9, (12), 62265-62271 > - Abhishek Joshi, Bhanupriya Kanthaliya, Jaya Arora - Halophytes of > Thar Desert: Potential source of nutrition and feedstuff > > <https://www.ijbio.com/articles/halophytes-of-thar-desert-potential-source-of-nutrition-and-feedstuff.pdf> > - International Journal of Bioassays 8.1 (2018) pp. 5674-5683 > > ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ > written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, > Andaman & Nicobar Islands > *கடல் வழுக்கைக்கீரை katal valukkaikkirai* > > - விக்கிப்பீடியா - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம் > > <https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88>... > Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia > > *பவளவங்காரவாச்சி pavala-vankaara-vaacci* > > - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> > [Madras], University of Madras > > ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ > written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, > *Telangana*, Puducherry > *వంగరేడు కూర vangaredu koora* > > - for *Crithmus indicus* Rumph. ... A Telugu-English dictionary > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> by Charles Philip Brown > - *Crithmus indicus* Rumph. listed as a synonym of *Sesuvium > portulacastrum* (L.) L. ... Giesen, Wim & Wulffraat, Stephan & Zieren, > M. & Scholten, L.. (2006). Mangrove Guidebook for Southeast Asia. > Bangkok: Rap Publication. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285799948> Food and > Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For Asia and > The Pacific. > > *వంగరేసి కూర vangaressi koora* > > - Flora Andhrika > <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Sesuvium+portulacastrum> > - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4757/5b821a0e0ac31ebbf6a8920171ff784e> > > ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > Andhra Pradesh, Daman, Goa, Gujarat, ***Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep > islands, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal > > - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist > and Distribution of the World Flora. > <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> > Version 25.10; last update Oct. 12th, 2025. Last accessed 13/10/2025 > (dd/mm/yyyy). > - Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora > > <https://archive.org/details/checklist-of-gujarat-flora/page/138/mode/2up?q=Sesuvium> > - West Bengal :: BENGAL PLANTS > <https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20349/page/n5/mode/2up> > VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID > > *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the > state > ~~~~~ Created on: 15:18 13-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:19 15-10-2025 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/sesuvium-portulacastrum-l-l.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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkXgDSQxC8dOXWOK%2BYMRtKxTLKPEfg%3D2JdM4wEKEbnTeXtsrg%40mail.gmail.com.
