*Alternanthera ficoidea* (L.) P.Beauv. [image: Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73184189>
*al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh* -- alternating anther ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Alternanthera> *fy-KOY-dee-uh* -- fig-like ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=ficoidea> *commonly known as*: fig joyweed, sanguinaria • *Bengali*: নানথি শাক nanthi shak, পলতে কেশুত palte keshut, সলতে কেশুত salte keshut • *Gujarati*: વેલરો ગોરખ velro gorakh • *Hindi*: रेशमकाथा reshamkatha • *Kannada*: ಮತ್ಸ್ಯಾಕ್ಷಿ matsyakshi • *Malayalam*: പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി ponnaankanni • *Marathi*: कुसळ kusal • *Sanskrit*: मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi • *Tamil*: பொன்னாங்காணி ponnankanni • *Telugu*: అడవి పున్నాగంటె అలము adavi punnaganti aalamu • *Tulu*: ಮೀನಂಕಣ್ಣಿ meenamkanni *botanical names*: *Alternanthera ficoidea* (L.) P.Beauv. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Achyranthes ficoidea* (L.) Lam. • *Gomphrena ficoidea* L. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Alternanthera tenella* Colla ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 26 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 *fig joyweed* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fig%20Joyweed.html>, retrieved October 26, 2025 *sanguinaria* - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk <http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/alternanthera_ficoidea.htm> (PIER) ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *নানথি শাক nanthi shak, পলতে কেশুত palte keshut, সলতে কেশুত salte keshut* - Many thanks to Shubhankar Patra for help with these names ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2790019601178153&set=gm.10162549926546103&idorvanity=63742996102> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *વેલરો ગોરખ velro gorakh* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *रेशमकाथा reshamkatha* - Kumar, Sanjeet. (2025). Wildlife Management in Latehar Forest Division: Enhancing Elephant Habitat Through Enumeration of Fodder Plants & Mitigation Measures-A Report 2025. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394983047> 10.13140/RG.2.2.19994.30407. - Richa Gupta, Priyanka Pal, Seema and Chanchal Malhotra - Floristic Vegetation Pattern Of Karnal City, Haryana, India <https://bepls.com/special_issue(1)2022/108.pdf> - Bull. Env. Pharmacol. Life Sci., Special Issue [1]2022 : 740-752 ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಮತ್ಸ್ಯಾಕ್ಷಿ matsyakshi* - for *Alternanthera tenella* Colla ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ... ಮತ್ಸ್ಯಾಕ್ಷಿ matsyakshi = fish eye, the plant's leaf alludes to the eye of fish ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി ponnaankanni* - for *Alternanthera tenella* Colla ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ... പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി ponnaankanni = golden eye, indicates it is as precious as gold for the eyes ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *कुसळ kusal* - for *Alternanthera tenella* Colla ... *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 ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars *मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi* - for *Alternanthera tenella* Colla ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ... मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi = fish eye, the plant's leaf alludes to the eye of fish ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *பொன்னாங்காணி ponnankanni* - A, K., & V, M. K. (2019). Survey Of Wild Edible Plants Of Dhanakarkulam Panchayath, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India. <https://krjournal.com/index.php/krj/article/view/387> Kongunadu Research Journal, 6(2), 20-27. ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *అడవి పున్నాగంటె అలము adavi punnaganti aalamu* - for *Alternanthera tenella* Colla ... Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Bill Erasmus, Dina Spigelski - Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: the many dimensions of culture, diversity and environment for nutrition and health - Chapter 9, pages: 185-208 - Traditional food system of Dalit in Zaheerabad Region, Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India <https://www.fao.org/4/i0370e/i0370e10.pdf> by Buduru Salomeyesudas and Periyapatna V. Satheesh © FAO 2009 ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ಮೀನಂಕಣ್ಣಿ meenamkanni* - for *Alternanthera tenella* Colla ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/41951/10/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ naturalized: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, 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). - Andhra Pradesh :: Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Bill Erasmus, Dina Spigelski - Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: the many dimensions of culture, diversity and environment for nutrition and health - Chapter 9, pages: 185-208 - Traditional food system of Dalit in Zaheerabad Region, Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India <https://www.fao.org/4/i0370e/i0370e10.pdf> by Buduru Salomeyesudas and Periyapatna V. Satheesh © FAO 2009 - Gujarat :: Checklist of Gujarat Flora <https://archive.org/details/checklist-of-gujarat-flora> - Haryana :: Richa Gupta, Priyanka Pal, Seema and Chanchal Malhotra - Floristic Vegetation Pattern Of Karnal City, Haryana, India <https://bepls.com/special_issue(1)2022/108.pdf> - Bull. Env. Pharmacol. Life Sci., Special Issue [1]2022 : 740-752 - Jharkhand :: Kumar, Sanjeet. (2025). Wildlife Management in Latehar Forest Division: Enhancing Elephant Habitat Through Enumeration of Fodder Plants & Mitigation Measures-A Report 2025. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394983047> 10.13140/RG.2.2.19994.30407. ~~~~~ Created on: 18:32 26-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:50 28-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/alternanthera-ficoidea-l-pbeauv.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/CABSQqC3BC14KdEEtMw9bUaJWEPkq_DPaDXJm-9FGWnU-7LNY9Q%40mail.gmail.com.
