Tamil name revised / corrected for appropriateness ...
*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*: சீமை பொன்னாங்கண்ணி seemai ponnankanni • *Telugu*: అడవి పున్నాగంటె అలము adavi punnaganti aalamu • *Tulu*: ಮೀನಂಕಣ್ಣಿ meenamkanni Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/alternanthera-ficoidea-l-pbeauv.html Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation. > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 09:12:47 UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > >> Very useful Compilation Dinesh ji. >> >> On Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 9:20:50 AM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: >> >>> 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/20QK4fjHGxo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6d0590aa-2dd7-41b0-9477-4d31570206aan%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6d0590aa-2dd7-41b0-9477-4d31570206aan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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