Tamil name corrected ...
*commonly known as*: minute amaranth • *Hindi*: शिलाभेद shilabheda • *Marathi*: धौला फिंडावरी dhaula phindawri • *Odia*: moduranga • *Rajasthani*: धौला फिंडावरी dhaula phindawri • *Sanskrit*: पाषाणभेद pashanabheda • *Tamil*: சிறுபீளை sirupeelai • *Telugu*: పాషాణబేది pashaanabedi Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/11/nothosaerva-brachiata-l-wight.html Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Many many thanks dear Vijayasankar ji for validating the Tamil name. > The various variants of English transliterated names - sirupeelai or > sirupilai are found mentioned in few sites, though > I bounced on one "சிறுபீளையி" in some YouTube post - now I find it > difficult to find it !! :) > Thank you very much, I will correct the name *சிறுபீளை sirupeelai* in my > notes shortly. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Vijay Raman <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM > Subject: Re: Names of Plants in India :: Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight > To: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > > Dear Dinesh ji, > > Great compilation! The correct Tamil spelling for *sirupeelai *or > sirupilai (seerupilai is probably misspelled) is *சிறுபீளை* (without யி > at the end). Also, this name is commonly used to refer to* Aerva lanata*. > Since both *Aerva *and *Nothosaerva *are often confused with each other > due to their similar morphology, the vernacular names are probably used > interchangeably by mistake. > > Best, > Vijayasankar > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *Nothosaerva brachiata* (L.) Wight >> [image: Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154045401> >> >> *noth-oh-SAY-er-va* -- from the Greek *nothos* (false); *aerva* >> (Latinized form of the Arabic name of a plant) ... Dave's Botanary >> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> >> *brak-ee-AY-tuh* -- branched at right angles, arm-like ... Dave's >> Botanary >> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=brachiata> >> >> *commonly known as*: minute amaranth • *Hindi*: शिलाभेद shilabheda • >> *Marathi*: धौला फिंडावरी dhaula phindawri • *Odia*: moduranga • >> *Rajasthani*: धौला फिंडावरी dhaula phindawri • *Sanskrit*: पाषाणभेद >> pashanabheda • *Tamil*: சிறுபீளையி seerupilai • *Telugu*: పాషాణబేది >> pashaanabedi >> >> >> *botanical names*: *Nothosaerva brachiata* (L.) Wight ... *homotypic >> synonyms*: *Achyranthes brachiata* L. • *Aerva brachiata* (L.) Mart. • >> *Illecebrum >> brachiatum* (L.) L. ... and more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, >> retrieved 18 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 >> *minute amaranth* >> >> - Flowers of India >> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Minute%20Amaranth.html>, >> retrieved November 18, 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, >> *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, >> Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* >> *शिलाभेद shilabheda* >> >> - Madhavan, V | Goswami K, Priyanka | Gurudeva, M R | Yoganarasimhan, >> S N - Pharmacognostical studies on the root of *Nothosaerva brachiata* >> Wt. – A botanical source of the Ayurvedic drug, Pashanabheda >> <https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/10307> - IJTK Vol.09(4) >> [October 2010] pp.629-634 >> >> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka >> *धौला फिंडावरी dhaula phindawri* >> >> - Sutar Prakash Mahadev, Patil Sunny C, & Akre Mrunal Raja. (2021). >> EVALUATION >> OF CLINICAL EFFICACY OF *DHAULA PHINDAWRI* (*NOTHOSAERVA BRACHIATA* >> Linn. Wight.) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF UROLITHIASIS (MUTRASHMARI). >> <https://www.ijaar.in/index.php/journal/article/view/928> >> International Journal of Applied Ayurved Research, 5(3), 214–222. >> >> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ >> written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar >> Islands >> *moduranga* >> >> - Patil, Sunny & Sutar, Prakash & Akre, Mrunal. (2021). REVIEW OF *DHAULA >> PHINDAWRI* (*Nothosaerva brachiata* Linn. Wight.) - A FOLKLORE DRUG >> USED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF URINARY STONES. >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352878534> World Journal of >> Pharmaceutical Research. 10. 371-385. 10.20959/wjpr20218-20860. >> - the name needs to be rendered in native script >> >> ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* >> *धौला फिंडावरी dhaula phindawri* >> >> - Sutar Prakash Mahadev, Patil Sunny C, & Akre Mrunal Raja. (2021). >> EVALUATION >> OF CLINICAL EFFICACY OF *DHAULA PHINDAWRI* (*NOTHOSAERVA BRACHIATA* >> Linn. Wight.) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF UROLITHIASIS (MUTRASHMARI). >> <https://www.ijaar.in/index.php/journal/article/view/928> >> International Journal of Applied Ayurved Research, 5(3), 214–222. >> - Madhavan, V | Goswami K, Priyanka | Gurudeva, M R | Yoganarasimhan, >> S N - Pharmacognostical studies on the root of *Nothosaerva brachiata* >> Wt. – A botanical source of the Ayurvedic drug, *Pashanabheda* >> <https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/10307> - IJTK Vol.09(4) >> [October 2010] pp.629-634 >> - The Useful Plants of India >> >> <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n409/mode/2up?q=Nothosaerva>, >> Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR >> >> ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests >> and scholars >> *पाषाणभेद pashanabheda* >> >> - Madhavan, V | Goswami K, Priyanka | Gurudeva, M R | Yoganarasimhan, >> S N - Pharmacognostical studies on the root of *Nothosaerva brachiata* >> Wt. – A botanical source of the Ayurvedic drug, *Pashanabheda* >> <https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/10307> - IJTK Vol.09(4) >> [October 2010] pp.629-634 >> - Jani, Switu; Shukla, Vinay J.1; Harisha, C. R.2. Comparative >> pharmacognostical and phytochemical study on Bergenia ligulata Wall. and >> Ammania buccifera Linn. >> >> <https://journals.lww.com/aayu/fulltext/2013/34040/comparative_pharmacognostical_and_phytochemical.14.aspx> >> AYU (An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda) 34(4):p >> 406-410, Oct–Dec 2013. | DOI: 10.4103/0974-8520.127724 ... Review of >> the literature reveals that 23 different plants are reported in name of " >> *Pashanabheda*". Pharmacopeia considers *Bergenia ligulata* as the >> official source of *Pashanbheda* and official substitute is *Aerva >> lanata*. >> >> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >> *சிறுபீளையி seerupilai* >> >> - Madhavan, V | Goswami K, Priyanka | Gurudeva, M R | Yoganarasimhan, >> S N - Pharmacognostical studies on the root of *Nothosaerva brachiata* >> Wt. – A botanical source of the Ayurvedic drug, *Pashanabheda* >> <https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/10307> - IJTK Vol.09(4) >> [October 2010] pp.629-634 >> >> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, >> *Telangana*, Puducherry >> *పాషాణబేది pashaanabedi* >> >> - Flora Andhrika >> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Nothosaerva+brachiata> - >> Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India >> >> ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >> Andhra Pradesh, ***Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Jharkhand, >> ***Goa, ***Gujarat, Haryana, ***Himachal Pradesh, ***Karnataka, Madhya >> Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, ***Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar >> Pradesh, Uttarakhand >> >> - 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 25.11; last update Nov. 11th, 2025. Last accessed 18/11/2025 >> (dd/mm/yyyy). >> - Odisha :: The Flora of Orissa, Volume 3, H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam >> >> *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the >> state >> ~~~~~ Created on: 16:02 18-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 20:35 23-11-2025 >> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Names compiled / updated at >> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/11/nothosaerva-brachiata-l-wight.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/CABSQqC0bH13sQy%3D2JGqJmaXNkT_eo309ABgA_spwo7nDSQpvKw%40mail.gmail.com.
