Very useful compilation Dinesh ji. On Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 1:56:24 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> Malayalam name added ... > > > *commonly known as*: blunt arrowhead • *Gujarati*: નલકુટ nalkut • > *Malayalam*: ചെളിതാമര chelithamara, ചുളിതാമര chulithamara, കുഴിതാമര > kuzhithamara • *Marathi*: नळकूट nalkut • *Tamil*: கரந்தை karantai, > குதிரைக்குளம்படி kutiraikkulampati, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nirccempu, நீர்க்குளிரி > nirkkuliri • *Telugu*: గుర్రపు డెక్క చెట్టు gurrapu dekka chettu > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/limnophyton-obtusifolium-l-miq.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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/04349b81-6405-4eff-b8db-ac70ef8ee903n%40googlegroups.com.
