Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling. Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice picture and good work dear Dinesh ji, both Malayalam and English > names are correct, regards, Sam. > > On Mon, 10 Nov, 2025, 4:51 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Amaranthus spinosus* L. >> [image: Amaranthus spinosus L.] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152819191> >> >> *am-uh-RANTH-us* -- everlasting flower ... Dave's Botanary >> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Amaranthus> >> *spy-NO-sus* -- with spines ... Dave's Botanary >> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=spinosus> >> >> *commonly known as*: edlebur, needle burr, prickly amaranth, spiny >> amaranth, thorny amaranth • *Adi*: gubor oying, namdong • *Ahom*: খুতৰা >> khutora • *Angami*: nietso, nyiedza • *Apatani*: pulu tayi hamang • >> *Assamese*: গিয়াং geang, হাতী খুতৰা hati khutora, হাতী চাঁৰুলি hati >> saruli, কাঁটা খুতৰা kata khutora, কাঁটা মৰিচা kanta maricha • *Bengali*: >> কাঁটানটিয়া kantanutiya • *Bodo*: kanta-khutrasu • *Chakma*: mora sag • >> *Dogri*: कंडा चलेरी kanda chaleri • *Gujarati*: કાંટાળો ડાંભો kantalo >> dambho, કાંટાળો ઢીમડો kantala dhimado • *Hajong*: kantak-bakoha • *Hindi*: >> कांटा चौलाई kanta chaulai • *Hruso*: khotuka • *Kachchhi*: કંઢારો >> તાંડરજો kandharo tandarjo • *Kannada*: ಮುಳ್ಳು ದಂಟು mullu dantu, ಮುಳ್ಳು >> ಹರಿವೇ mullu harive, ಮುಳ್ಳು ಕೀರೆ mullu keere • *Karbi*: ডিডো dido • *Koch*: >> kotakhuriya pan • *Kokborok*: kata maira, kuttuila basu • *Konkani*: >> कांटे भाजी kante bhaji • *Ladakh region*: neu, rgya-sho • *Lisu*: >> sagijaj • *Malayalam*: മുള്ളൻ ചീര mullan cheera • *Manipuri*: ꯆꯦꯡꯀ꯭ꯔꯨꯛ >> চেংগ্ক্রুক chengkruk • *Marathi*: कांटे भाजी kante bhaji, कांटे माठ >> kante math, तांदुळजा tandulaja • *Mishing*: কাটাইলি চাউলাই >> kataili-chaulai, তাণ্ডুলিয়া tanduliya • *Mizo*: len-hling • *Nepali*: बन >> लुँडे ban lunde, बन्दनी bandanee, काँडे लुँडे kaande lunde • *Nyishi*: >> pasu kau, puchu-kinnyu • *Odia*: କଣ୍ଟାଖାଦ kantakhada, କଣ୍ଟାମାରିଷ >> kantamarisha, କଣ୍ଟାନେଉଟିଆ kantaneutia, ମେଘନାଳ meghanala • *Pahari*: बड़ी >> चरेली badi chareli, कांटा चौलाई kanta chulayee • *Rabha*: kata-khuduna • >> *Rajasthani*: कंटेली चौलाई kanteli chaulai • *Sanskrit*: सुशाक sushaka, >> तण्डुलीय tanduliya • *Santali*: ᱡᱟᱹᱱᱩᱢ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ janum arak • *Singpho*: >> yankhi soulpa • *Tamil*: முள்ளுக்கீரை mullu-k-kirai, முட்கீரை mut-kirai >> • *Tangkhul*: somchan • *Telugu*: ముళ్ల తోటకూర mullu thotakura, నల్ల >> దొగ్గలి తోటకూర nalla doggali thotakura • *Tibetan*: ta-ndu-la-ka • *Tulu*: >> ಮುಳ್ಳು ಪದ್ಪೆ mullu padpe >> >> >> *botanical names*: *Amaranthus spinosus* L. ... and more at POWO >> <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 08 Novembder 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 >> *edlebur, needle burr, prickly amaranth, spiny amaranth, thorny amaranth* >> >> - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk >> <http://www.hear.org/pier/species/amaranthus_spinosus.htm> (PIER) >> >> ~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* >> *gubor oying, namdong* >> >> - 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 08 November 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 >> *খুতৰা khutora* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ ANGAMI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Nagaland* ... other names for this >> language: Gnamei, Ngami, Tsoghami, Tsugumi, Monr, Tsanglo, Tenyidie >> *nietso, nyiedza* >> >> - Singh, Akoijam & Teron, Robindra. (2016). Diversity of food plants >> in Angami home gardens, Kohima District, Nagaland (India). >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317826466> >> >> ~~~~~ APATANI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* ... other names >> for this language: Apa Tani, Tanw >> *pulu tayi hamang* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> - Pascal Bouchery. Dictionary of the Apatani Language: >> Apatani-English Dictionary (with English-Apatani Index). >> <https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01423834/document> 2016. >> hal-01423834 >> >> ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ >> written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal >> Pradesh, Meghalaya >> *গিয়াং geang* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> >> *হাতী খুতৰা hati khutora, হাতী চাঁৰুলি hati saruli, কাঁটা খুতৰা kata >> khutora* >> >> - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/Amaranthus%20spinosus> - Your >> gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources >> >> *কাঁটা মৰিচা kanta maricha* >> >> - Flora of Assam >> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam4/mode/2up?view=theater> Vol >> IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das >> >> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, >> Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands >> *কাঁটানটিয়া kantanutiya* >> >> - BENGAL PLANTS >> <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> >> VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID >> - Flora of Assam >> <https://archive.org/details/FloraOfAssam4/mode/2up?view=theater> Vol >> IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das >> - or কাঁটানটে kantanote ... উইকিপিডিয়া - একটি মুক্ত বিশ্বকোষ >> >> <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87> >> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >> >> ~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* or Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... other names >> for this language: Boro >> *kanta-khutrasu* >> >> - Deka, Dipali (2007) - Chapter 5 - Ethno medico botanical study of >> certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam >> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/68399> - Shodhganga >> :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> >> ~~~~~ CHAKMA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Chakma* (𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴, *Changhma Bhach* or *Ajha >> Path*), Latin, Bengali ... spoken in: *Mizoram*, Tripura, Arunachal >> Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by: the Chakma (or Changhma) people and Daingnet >> people >> *mora sag* >> >> - Angami, A. & Gajurel, Padma & Rethy, P. & Kalita, S.K.. (2006). Status >> and potential of wild edible plants of Arunachal Pradesh. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288633517> Indian Journal >> of Traditional Knowledge 5(4):541-550. >> >> ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... >> spoken by the Dogras >> *कंडा चलेरी kanda chaleri* >> >> - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... >> facebook >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid0uNFTjJL5YPQiDAGhvtX3hUxmWhj8ksRbHc4CtXmws556Kht5kd11ZLWni77uvQsol> >> - or कंडियारी चलेरी kandiari chaleri ... Rao, P & Hasan, S & Bhellum, >> Bachan & Manhas, Rajesh. (2015). Ethnomedicinal plants of Kathua >> district, J&K, India. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277407672> Journal of >> ethnopharmacology. 171. 10.1016/j.jep.2015.05.028. >> >> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & >> Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* >> *કાંટાળો ડાંભો kantalo dambho, કાંટાળો ઢીમડો kantala dhimado* >> >> - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> >> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) >> >> ~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~ >> written in: *Bengali-Assamese* (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, >> Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal >> *kantak-bakoha* >> >> - Deka, Dipali (2007) - Chapter 5 - Ethno medico botanical study of >> certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam >> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/68399> - 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* >> *कांटा चौलाई kanta chaulai* >> >> - 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. >> >> ~~~~~ HRUSO ~~~~~ >> written in: Latin ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* ... spoken by: >> Hruso people ... other names for this language: Aka (Angka), Gusso, Hrusso, >> Tenae >> *khotuka* >> >> - Angami, A. & Gajurel, Padma & Rethy, P. & Kalita, S.K.. (2006). Status >> and potential of wild edible plants of Arunachal Pradesh. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288633517> Indian Journal >> of Traditional Knowledge 5(4):541-550. >> >> ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* >> region of Gujarat >> *કંઢારો તાંડરજો kandharo tandarjo* >> >> - 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* >> *ಮುಳ್ಳು ದಂಟು mullu dantu, ಮುಳ್ಳು ಹರಿವೇ mullu harive, ಮುಳ್ಳು ಕೀರೆ mullu >> keere* >> >> - 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 >> - Five Hundred Indian Plants >> >> <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf> >> by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore >> >> ~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam, >> Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng >> *ডিডো dido* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ KOCH ~~~~~ >> written in: *Assamese*, Bengali, Roman ... spoken in: *Meghalaya*, lower >> Assam, West Bengal, Bihar ... spoken by: Koch people, including >> Koch-Rajbongshi or Koch-Rajbonshi >> *kotakhuriya pan* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~ >> written in: Koloma, *Latin*, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... >> spoken in: *Tripura* ... other names for this language: Tripuri, >> Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera >> *kata maira* >> >> - Dr. Kishore Deb Barma - Tribal Folk Medicine of Tripura >> >> <https://trci.tripura.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-09/Tribal_Folk_Medicine_of_Tripura.pdf> >> - Tribal Research and Cultural Institute, Government of Tripura >> >> *kuttuila basu* >> >> - Koushik Majumdar and B K Datta - A study on ethnomedicinal usage of >> plants among the folklore herbalists and Tripuri medical practitioners: >> Part-II >> >> <https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/bitstream/123456789/7835/1/NPR%206(1)%2066-73.pdf> >> - Natural Product Radiance, Vol. 6(1), 2007, pp.66-73 >> - Deb, Dipankar & Sarkar, Abhijit & Barma, Bhabani & Datta, B & >> Majumdar, Koushik. (2013). Wild edible plants and their utilization >> in traditional recipes of Tripura, Northeast India. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264623035> Advanced >> Biological Research. 7. 203-211. >> >> ~~~~~ 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 >> *कांटे भाजी kante bhaji* >> >> - 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 - Shodhganga :: a reservoir >> of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> >> ~~~~~ Ladakh region ~~~~~ >> languages spoken: Ladakhi | Purgi | Hindi | Shina | Balti | Tibetan ... >> written using their respective scripts >> *neu* >> >> - Bhoyar, Manish & Mishra, Gyan & Singh, Raginie & Singh, Shakti. >> (2011). Ethno-botany of traditional wild edible plants from cold arid >> desert of Ladakh-potential source of winter vegetables. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215797504> The Indian >> Forester. 138. 1029-1033. >> - the name needs to be rendered in native script >> >> *rgya-sho* >> >> - Haq SM, Yaqoob U, Calixto ES, Rahman IU, Hashem A, Abd Allah EF, >> Alakeel MA, Alqarawi AA, Abdalla M, Hassan M, Bussmann RW, Abbasi AM, Ur >> Rahman S, Ijaz F. Plant Resources Utilization among Different Ethnic >> Groups of Ladakh in Trans-Himalayan Region. >> <https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8468708/> Biology (Basel). >> 2021 Aug 26;10(9):827. doi: 10.3390/biology10090827. PMID: 34571704; >> PMCID: >> PMC8468708. >> - the name needs to be rendered in native script >> >> ~~~~~ LISU ~~~~~ >> written in two scripts *Fraser, Karen*, or using scripts of other local >> language ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh* ... spoken by: Yobin... >> other names for this language: Yobin; the names Lisu and Yobin are >> interchangeably used for people and their language >> *sagijaj* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> - the name needs to be rendered in native script >> >> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ >> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep >> *മുള്ളൻ ചീര mullan cheera* >> >> - 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 >> - AnilKumar N., Salim P.M., Balakrishnan V., Sivan V.V. (2001) - Medicinal >> Plants known from Wayanad <http://59.160.153.188/library/node/472> - >> M S Swaminathan Research Foundation >> - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം >> >> <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B0> >> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/152/f0194980e0b4a5c96c62dbd4f71241db> >> >> ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: >> *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei >> *ꯆꯦꯡꯀ꯭ꯔꯨꯛ চেংগ্ক্রুক chengkruk* >> >> - Flowers of India >> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Prickly%20Amaranth.html>, >> retrieved November 9, 2025 >> - or chengkruk tingkhang panbi ... Medicinal Plants of Manipur >> <https://medicinalplants.co.in/chengkruk-tingkhang-panbi/> - >> Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants >> - or chengkruk tingkhang panba ... Deb, Chitta & Sharma, Ibeeka & >> Jamir, Narola. (2023). Ethno-medicinal anti-diabetics plants of >> Northeast India: A review. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371082857> Journal of >> Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 12. 86-110. >> 10.22271/phyto.2023.v12.i3b.14668. >> >> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka >> *कांटे भाजी kante bhaji* >> >> - A dictionary, Marathi and English >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> by Molesworth, >> J. T. (James Thomas) >> >> *कांटे माठ kante math* >> >> - The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील >> वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा >> >> <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> >> [accessed >> on: 28 Apr 2014] >> >> *तांदुळजा tandulaja* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/152/f0194980e0b4a5c96c62dbd4f71241db> >> - विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश >> >> <https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE> >> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >> >> ~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~ >> written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam*, >> Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri >> *কাটাইলি চাউলাই kataili-chaulai, তাণ্ডুলিয়া tanduliya* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ >> written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ... other >> names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian >> *len-hling* >> >> - 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. [Accessed 15/11/2021 (dd/mm/yyyy)] >> - ENVIS :: Biological Diversity In Mizoram >> <http://mizenvis.nic.in/Database/Biodiversity_1444.aspx> [Accessed >> 18/08/2022 (dd/mm/yyyy)] >> >> ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, >> *Assam*, *Sikkim* >> *बन लुँडे ban lunde, बन्दनी bandanee, काँडे लुँडे kaande lunde* >> >> - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... >> efloraofindia >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/JviTljjDvgI/m/ALDhHc3sAwAJ> >> >> ~~~~~ 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 >> *pasu kau, puchu-kinnyu* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar >> Islands >> *କଣ୍ଟାଖାଦ kantakhada, କଣ୍ଟାମାରିଷ kantamarisha* >> >> - Survey of edible plants for human consumption in south Odisha, India >> <https://www.jetir.org/view?paper=JETIR2012040>, International >> Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research. ISSN:2349-5162, >> Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp277-296, December-2020 >> - Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of >> Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary. >> >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321966050_Floral_Diversity_of_Nandankanan_Wildlife_Sanctuary> >> >> *କଣ୍ଟାନେଉଟିଆ kantaneutia, ମେଘନାଳ meghanala (or ମେଘଲାଳ meghalala)* >> >> - 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 >> *बड़ी चरेली badi chareli, कांटा चौलाई kanta chulayee* >> >> - Himalayan Wild Food Plants >> >> <https://himalayanwildfoodplants.com/2019/07/amaranthus-spinosus-l-kanta-chaulayee-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%9f%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%9a%e0%a5%8c%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%88-badi-chareli/> >> by Dr. Tara Sen Thakur >> >> ~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Assamese* (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, >> Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya >> *kata-khuduna* >> >> - Deka, Dipali (2007) - Chapter 5 - Ethno medico botanical study of >> certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam >> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/68399> - Shodhganga >> :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> >> ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* >> *कंटेली चौलाई kanteli chaulai* >> >> - 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 >> >> ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests >> and scholars >> *सुशाक sushaka, तण्डुलीय tanduliya* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/152/f0194980e0b4a5c96c62dbd4f71241db> >> >> ~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Ol Chiki* (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), >> Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, *West Bengal*, >> Odisha >> *ᱡᱟᱹᱱᱩᱢ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ janum arak* >> >> - BENGAL PLANTS >> <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47849/page/n5/mode/2up> >> VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID >> - 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 >> - A Santali-English dictionary >> >> <https://archive.org/details/cu31924096339464/page/n265/mode/2up?q=Amarantus> >> by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission >> - Noor N, Satapathy K B. Diversity of medicinally important leafy >> vegetables used by the tribes in Balasore district of Odisha, India. >> <https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/1815> >> Plant Science Today. 2022; 9(4): 950–954. >> >> ~~~~~ SINGPHO ~~~~~ >> written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh, Assam* ... spoken >> by: Singpho people >> *yankhi soulpa* >> >> - 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 08 November 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >> *முள்ளுக்கீரை mullu-k-kirai, முட்கீரை mut-kirai* >> >> - 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 >> *somchan* >> >> - Sumitra Salam (2013) - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul Naga >> tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state >> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/55908> - Shodhganga >> :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >> >> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, >> *Telangana*, Puducherry >> *ముళ్ల తోటకూర mullu thotakura, నల్ల దొగ్గలి తోటకూర nalla doggali >> thotakura* >> >> - Flora Andhrika >> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Amaranthus+spinosus> - >> Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India >> - 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 >> *ta-ndu-la-ka* >> >> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >> >> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/152/f0194980e0b4a5c96c62dbd4f71241db> >> - 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 >> *ಮುಳ್ಳು ಪದ್ಪೆ mullu padpe* >> >> - 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 >> - 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 >> >> ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >> throughout mainland and her islands; introduced, widely cultivated, >> escapes to limited extent >> >> - 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 08/11/2025 >> (dd/mm/yyyy). >> >> ~~~~~ Created on: 20:48 08-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 14:37 10-11-2025 >> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Names compiled / updated at >> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/11/amaranthus-spinosus-l.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/CABSQqC3dfendvNnybGj_GYp0niofLLo7tBV%3D-TQcwyRbCZCb8g%40mail.gmail.com.
