Thanks very much Sam ji, for the appreciation.
Regards.
Dinesh

On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Nice picture and good work dear Dinesh ji.
> Regards, Sam.
>
> On Sun, 23 Nov, 2025, 9:16 pm 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
>>
>

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