Beautiful compilation Dinesh ji. On Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 9:05:24 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 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/6d05ade0-c76c-4509-ac77-082665f6d8e0n%40googlegroups.com.
