Fabulous image and nice work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English names are correct, regards, Sam.
On Tue, 28 Oct, 2025, 7:36 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *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/CADkXgDRmUKhz9L%3DXWxhb0C4PgFrVyYQ_h0Jrmej7oniJTMygrQ%40mail.gmail.com.
