*Alternanthera sessilis* (L.) R.Br. ex DC. [image: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126825894>
*al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh* -- alternating anther ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Alternanthera> *SES-sil-iss* -- Latin: low, sitting; fixed, attached ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=sessilis> *commonly known as*: dwarf copperleaf, joyweed, sessile joyweed, stalkless joyweed • *Ahom*: মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri • *Assamese*: নেওঠনীয়া শাক neuthoniya shak, মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri • *Bengali*: গোলসাঁচি golsanchi, মাটি কন্দুরি mati kanduri, সাঁচিশাক sanchishak • *Bodo*: दावस्रि आथिं daosri athing, ha galdab • *Garhwali*: घंडुग्ली ghandugli • *Gujarati*: જલજાંબવો jalaambavo, પાણીની ભાજી paanini bhaji • *Haryanvi*: कांटे वाली सांठी kante wali santhi • *Hindi*: गरूण्डी garundi, गूधड़ीसाग gudrisag, गुड़रू gurroo, लोहमारक loh-marak, सरन्ती साग saranti saag • *Kachchhi*: જર ભાજી jar bhaji, જર ભંગરો jar bhangaro • *Kannada*: ಹೊನಗೊನೆ honagone • *Karbi*: উটোকৰেং utokreng • *Konkani*: कोयपा koypa • *Malayalam*: കൊഴുപ്പ koḻuppa, പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി ponnaankanni • *Manipuri*: ꯐꯛꯆꯦꯠ phakchet • *Marathi*: बेचकुसळ bechkusal, कांचरी kanchari • *Mizo*: ngha-te-ril • *Mundari*: yundru ara • *Nepali*: आँख्ले झार aankhe jhaar, भाले भृंगराज bhaale bhringaraaj, भिरिंगी झार bhiringi jhaar, बिसाउने झार bisaaune jhaar, दुबे झार dube jhaar, जिब्रे पाते jibre paate, सरौंची saraunchi • *Nyishi*: oing • *Odia*: ଲୋହ ମାରକ loha maraka, ମଦରଙ୍ଗା madaranga, ସିତ ବାର sita bara, ଶିତସାର shita sara, ଶିତ ଶାକ shita shaka • *Pahari*: भांगरु bhangru • *Rajasthani*: भाजी bhaji • *Sanskrit*: लोहमारक lohamaraka, लोणिका lonika, मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi, मीनाक्षी minakshi, पत्त्रक pattraka, पत्तूर pattura, शालाञ्जि shalanji, सितसारक sitasaraka • *Santali*: ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱰᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ garundi arak • *Tangkhul*: phakchek • *Tamil*: பொன்னாங்கண்ணி ponnankanni, உடுகாட்டி utu-katti • *Telugu*: మదనగంటి madanaganti, పొన్నగంటికూర ponna-gantikura • *Tibetan*: tsha la pi pa la • *Tulu*: ಪೊನ್ನಾಂಕಣ್ಣಿ ponnaamkanni, ವಣಂಙನ vanannana *botanical names*: *Alternanthera sessilis* (L.) R.Br. ex DC. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Achyranthes sessilis* (L.) Besser • *Gomphrena sessilis* L. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... and much more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 05 November 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 *dwarf copperleaf, joyweed, sessile joyweed, stalkless joyweed* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stalkless%20Joyweed.html>, retrieved November 5, 2025 ~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~ written in: *Ahom*, Assamese ... mainly used by priests and scholars for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile *Ahom kingdom* (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: Tai-Ahom *মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri* - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 05 November 2025 ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya *নেওঠনীয়া শাক neuthoniya shak, মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri (or মাটিগাদুৰি matigaduri)* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/Alternanthera%20sessilis> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *গোলসাঁচি golsanchi, মাটি কন্দুরি mati kanduri, সাঁচিশাক sanchishak* - Flora - Mehedi Voice <https://mehedivoice.blogspot.com/p/flora.html> ~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* or Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... other names for this language: Boro *दावस्रि आथिं daosri athing* - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/Alternanthera%20sessilis> - Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources *ha galdab* - Basumatary, Jenima & Kalita Hui, Pallabi & Tag, Hui. (2025). Ethnobotanical investigation of wild edible plants consumed by the Bodo tribal community of BTAD region of Assam, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394819217> Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 24. 788-795. 10.56042/ijtk.v24i8.17993. ~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: *Uttarakhand* *घंडुग्ली ghandugli* - J. K. Tiwari, R. Ballabha and P. Tiwari - Some Promising Wild Edible Plants of Srinagar and its Adjacent Area in Alaknanda Valley of Garhwal Himalaya, India <https://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0604/24_2477_am0604_167_174.pdf> Journal of American Science 2010;6(4):167-174]. (ISSN: 1545-1003) ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *જલજાંબવો jalaambavo, પાણીની ભાજી paanini bhaji* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) ~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: *Haryana*, Delhi *कांटे वाली सांठी kante wali santhi* - Department of Bio Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University (2002) - Medicinal plants of some districts of Haryana an ethnobotanical survey <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/113970> - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *गरूण्डी garundi* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stalkless%20Joyweed.html>, retrieved November 6, 2025 *गूधड़ीसाग gudrisag* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f> *गुड़रू gurroo* - Wagh, Vijay & Jain, Ashok. (2014). Floristic Diversity of Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275894234> 6. 146-167. 10.5829/idosi.ajps.2013.6.4.1116. *लोहमारक loh-marak* - for *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts *सरन्ती साग saranti saag* - कृषिका : प्रकृति का उपहार छत्तीसगढ़ में भाजियों की भरमार <https://krishiguru2013.blogspot.com/2018/10/blog-post_62.html> : भाग-1 ... डॉ. गजेन्द्र सिंह तोमर ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* region of Gujarat *જર ભાજી jar bhaji, જર ભંગરો jar bhangaro* - Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236020734_Study_of_the_Angiospermic_flora_of_Kachchh_district_Gujarat_India> Life Sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768. - કચ્છ સ્વસ્થાન ની વનસ્પતિઓ ઠાકર જયકૃષ્ણ ઇન્દ્રજી 1926 [PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926] ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಹೊನಗೊನೆ honagone* - or ಹೊನಗೋನೆ honagone / ಹೊನಗನೆ honagane / ಹೊನಗನ್ನೆ honaganne / ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೆ honagonne ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus <https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%86> created by V. Krishna - or ಹೊನಗನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು honagana soppu ... Five Hundred Indian Plants <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore - or ಹೊನಗನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು honagane soppu ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET - or ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೇ ಸೊಪ್ಪು honagonne soppu ... ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ <https://padakanaja.karnataka.gov.in/> ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka - or ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೇ ಸೊಪ್ಪು honagonne soppu ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - Mandayam Digital Library ~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~ written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng *উটোকৰেং utokreng* - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 05 November 2025 ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat *कोयपा koypa* - V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/153789> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep *കൊഴുപ്പ koḻuppa* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET - for *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/gundert/> by Hermann Gundert *പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി ponnaankanni* - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BF> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei *ꯐꯛꯆꯦꯠ phakchet* - Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stalkless%20Joyweed.html>, retrieved November 5, 2025 ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *बेचकुसळ bechkusal* - विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश <https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B3> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia *कांचरी kanchari* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f> - Marathi Names of Plants, with a Glossary <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Journal_of_the_Bombay_Natural_History_Society._%28IA_journalofbombayn21887soci%29.pdf> By Brigade-Surgeon W. Dymock, pp 175-197 - The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Volume II, 1887 ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian *ngha-te-ril* - ENVIS :: Biological Diversity In Mizoram <http://mizenvis.nic.in/Database/Biodiversity_1444.aspx> - or nghate-ril ... Kar, An & Bora, Devanjal & Borthakur, Sashin & Goswami, N & Saharia, Daizi. (2013). WILD EDIBLE PLANT RESOURCES USED BY THE MIZOS OF MIZORAM, INDIA. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308886133_WILD_EDIBLE_PLANT_RESOURCES_USED_BY_THE_MIZOS_OF_MIZORAM_INDIA> KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 9. 106-126. ~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~ written in: *Mundari Bani*, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, Odisha *yundru ara* - O.P. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar & R.K. Tiwari (1998) Ethnobotanical Study of Skin Treatment Uses of Medicinal Plants of Bihar <https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339>, Pharmaceutical Biology, 36:3, 167-172, DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339 ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, *Assam*, *Sikkim* *आँख्ले झार aankhe jhaar, भाले भृंगराज bhaale bhringaraaj, भिरिंगी झार bhiringi jhaar, बिसाउने झार bisaaune jhaar, दुबे झार dube jhaar, जिब्रे पाते jibre paate* - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/a53IM6UrhpQ/m/DQ8KcZc9BQAJ> *सरौंची saraunchi* - Mandal, Tej & Poudel, K & Gautam, Tilak. (2011). Seasonal Variation in Plant Species in the Vicinities of Chimdi Lake in Sunsari, Nepal. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266884412> Our Nature. 8. 10.3126/on.v8i1.4323. - Niroula, Bhabindra & Dangi, Yam & Shah, Poonam & Jha, Sasinath. (2019). Checklist of pasture species at Biratnagar, Eastern Nepal <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370275015> Nepalese Journal of Biosciences. 9. 28-33. 10.3126/njbs.v9i1.51727. ~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~ written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung *oing* - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0> - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 05 November 2025 ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *ଲୋହ ମାରକ loha maraka, ମଦରଙ୍ଗା madaranga, ସିତ ବାର sita bara (or ସିତ ବାରକ sita baraka), ଶିତସାର shita sara (or ସିତ ସାରକ sita saraka), ଶିତ ଶାକ shita shaka* - Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. ~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand *भांगरु bhangru* - Himalayan Wild Food Plants <https://himalayanwildfoodplants.com/2022/11/alternanthera-sessilis-l-r-br-ex-dc-bhangru-%e0%a4%ad%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%81/> by Dr. Tara Sen Thakur ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* *भाजी bhaji* - Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India <http://www.thebiobrio.in/content.aspx?id=57> - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017 - Tripathi, Yogesh & Prabhu, V.V. & Pal, R.S. & Mishra, R.N.. (1996). Medicinal Plants of Rajasthan in Indian System of Medicine. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224897983> Ancient Science of Life. 15. 190-212. ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars *लोहमारक lohamaraka, पत्त्रक pattraka, पत्तूर pattura, शालाञ्जि shalanji, सितसारक sitasaraka (or सितसार sitasara)* - for *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... Learn Sanskrit <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=achyranthes&dir=es> - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः *लोणिका lonika, मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi, मीनाक्षी minakshi* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f> ~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~ written in: *Ol Chiki* (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, *West Bengal*, Odisha *ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱰᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ garundi arak* - O.P. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar & R.K. Tiwari (1998) Ethnobotanical Study of Skin Treatment Uses of Medicinal Plants of Bihar <https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339>, Pharmaceutical Biology, 36:3, 167-172, DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339 - ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ <https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AC_%E1%B1%A7%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A2_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9C_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *பொன்னாங்கண்ணி ponnankanni (or பொன்னாங்காணி ponnankanni), உடுகாட்டி utu-katti* - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~ written in: *Latin*, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: *Manipur*, Nagaland ... spoken by: Tangkhul people *phakchek* - Sumitra Salam (2013) - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul Naga tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state <http://hdl.handle.net/10603/55908> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *మదనగంటి madanaganti* - Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Alternanthera+sessilis> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f> *పొన్నగంటికూర ponna-gantikura* - Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Alternanthera+sessilis> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India - for *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... A Telugu-English dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> by Charles Philip Brown ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ written in: *Tibetan* ... spoken in: *Tibet*, *Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh*, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan *tsha la pi pa la* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f> - the name needs to be rendered in native script ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~ written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*, north Kerala *ಪೊನ್ನಾಂಕಣ್ಣಿ ponnaamkanni* - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET - or ಪೊನ್ನಂಗಿಲ್ ponnangil / ಪೊನ್ನಾಂಗಣಿ ponnaangani ... बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् <https://berakeattilu.home.blog/2019/02/09/%e0%a4%ac%e0%a5%86%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%86-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9f%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%8d-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%98%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8d/> - changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food *ವಣಂಙನ vanannana* - Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) <https://archive.org/details/tuluenglishengli01mnuoft/page/596/mode/2up?q=Alternanthera> by Rev. A. Männer ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ throughout mainland and her islands - 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 05/11/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 11:41 05-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:08 06-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/11/alternanthera-sessilis-l-dc.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/CABSQqC3b340vuKjNUU5uhRPkt3qk3mv3T2k18NBuJSmK3_StOw%40mail.gmail.com.
