Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/CABSQqC3zXPk_4pfqVsLaMg7Om8RTs04OGCEG730Rxon%2BR5ziNQ%40mail.gmail.com.
