Very useful compilation Dinesh ji. On Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 2:14:38 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote:
> No need to revise it dear ji. > Regards, Sam. > > On Thu, 16 Oct, 2025, 2:05 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, for helping with another >> name, and for validating the Malayalam names and their English spellings. >> You are correct about the സാമ്പാർ ചീര being *Talinum fruticosum*, ... >> Shall I revise the English spelling to saambaar cheera ? >> Will incorporate the additional name shortly. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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]. 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