Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, for helping with, and for validating the Malayalam names and their English spellings. Regards. Dinesh
On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice picture and great efforts dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English > names are correct, regards, Sam. > > On Sat, 18 Oct, 2025, 11:54 am Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Limnophyton obtusifolium* (L.) Miq. >> [image: Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq.] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109987817> >> >> *lim-no-FY-ton* -- Greek: *limnos* (stagnant pool or swamp); *phyton* >> (plant) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> >> *ob-too-sih-FOH-lee-um* -- blunt leaf ... Dave's Botanary >> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=obtusifolium> >> >> *commonly known as*: blunt arrowhead • *Gujarati*: નલકુટ nalkut • >> *Malayalam*: ചെളിതാമര chelithamara, കുഴിതാമര kuzhithamara • *Marathi*: >> नळकूट nalkut • *Tamil*: கரந்தை karantai, குதிரைக்குளம்படி >> kutiraikkulampati, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nirccempu, நீர்க்குளிரி nirkkuliri • >> *Telugu*: గుర్రపు డెక్క చెట్టు gurrapu dekka chettu >> >> >> *botanical names*: *Limnophyton obtusifolium* (L.) Miq. ... *homotypic >> synonyms*: *Alisma obtusifolium* (L.) Thwaites • *Sagittaria obtusifolia* >> L. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Alisma sagittifolium* Willd. ... and >> more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 16 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 >> *blunt arrowhead* >> >> - Flowers of India >> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blunt%20Arrowhead.html>, >> retrieved October 16, 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & >> Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* >> *નલકુટ nalkut* >> >> - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> >> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) >> >> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ >> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep >> *ചെളിതാമര chelithamara* >> >> - Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the name ... >> efloraofindia >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/IPIoky2JvfI/m/v-dXq-Z6AAAJ> >> ... ചെളി cheli = mud with or without water, താമര thamara = lotus >> ("alludes to" lotus in this context) >> >> *കുഴിതാമര kuzhithamara* >> >> - Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the name ... >> efloraofindia >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/IPIoky2JvfI/m/v-dXq-Z6AAAJ> >> - for *Sagittaria obtusifolia* L. ... A Malayalam and English >> dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/gundert/> by >> Hermann Gundert >> >> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka >> *नळकूट nalkut* >> >> - The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील >> वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा >> >> <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> >> [accessed >> on: 28 Apr 2014] >> - *Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second >> among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats >> of India, based on flowers >> >> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >> *கரந்தை karantai, குதிரைக்குளம்படி kutiraikkulampati* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/2797/abd2cdedc0194d8fac3cd520e4695745> >> >> *நீர்ச்சேம்பு nirccempu* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/2797/abd2cdedc0194d8fac3cd520e4695745> >> - for *Sagittaria obtusifolia* L. ... Tamil lexicon >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], >> University of Madras >> >> *நீர்க்குளிரி nirkkuliri* >> >> - for *Sagittaria obtusifolia* L. ... Tamil lexicon >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], >> University of Madras ... or simply குளிரி kuliri >> >> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, >> *Telangana*, Puducherry >> *గుర్రపు డెక్క చెట్టు gurrapu dekka chettu* >> >> - Flora Andhrika >> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Limnophyton+obtusifolium> >> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/2797/abd2cdedc0194d8fac3cd520e4695745> >> >> ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >> ***Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, ***Jharkhand, ***Karnataka, Kerala, ***Madhya >> Pradesh, Maharashtra, ***Odisha, ***Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, ***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 16/10/2025 >> (dd/mm/yyyy). >> - Chhattisgarh :: Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve - Biosphere >> Reserve Information Series (BRIS) >> <https://tfri.icfre.gov.in/AABR/aabr-INDEX/index.html> Volume 1 (1) >> - Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora >> <https://archive.org/details/checklist-of-gujarat-flora> >> - Jharkhand :: "Edible Hydrophytic and Wetland Plants of East >> Singbhum,District of Jharkhand >> <https://www.jetir.org/view?paper=JETIR1811516>", International >> Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, ISSN:2349-5162, >> Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.106-117, November-2018 >> - Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... >> महाराष्ट्रातील >> वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा >> >> <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> >> [accessed >> on: 28 Apr 2014] >> - Odisha :: Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity >> of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary. >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321966050_Floral_Diversity_of_Nandankanan_Wildlife_Sanctuary> >> - Rajasthan :: Dr. Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Dr. Ravindra Kumar Sharma - A >> Research Paper on Applied Medical Phytogeography of Shekhawati Region >> >> <https://www.ijeas.org/a-research-paper-on-applied-medical-phytogeography-of-shekhawati-region> >> - IJEAS, ISSN: 2394-3661, Volume-8, Issue-12, December 2021 >> - Telangana :: Rajyalaxmi, & Aruna, Maddela. (2018). Aquatic >> Macrophytes of Singabhupalem Lake in Telangana State. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344631452> International >> Journal of Life Sciences. 6. 203-206. >> >> *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the >> state >> ~~~~~ Created on: 15:07 16-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:16 18-10-2025 >> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Names compiled / updated at >> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/limnophyton-obtusifolium-l-miq.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/CABSQqC3SH-q%3DhiwbsVn%3Dqujp8HCYt9%2BP5kxbQqxtJ9Vq-R7YUg%40mail.gmail.com.
