Dear Dinesh ji, Vibrant picture and great efforts. I don't know the mentioned Malayalam names are exact names of this plant, however the Malayalam and English spellings are correct. Regards, Sam
On Mon, 24 Nov, 2025, 9:37 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Celosia cristata* L. > [image: Celosia cristata L.] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327481809> > > *se-LO-see-uh* or *kay-LO-see-uh* -- from the Greek *kelos* (dry, burnt) > - referring to its color ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Celosia> > *kris-TAY-tuh* -- crested ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=cristata> > > *commonly known as*: crested cockscomb • *Assamese*: কুকুৰা জবা kukur > joba • *Dimasa*: khimsa-gajau • *Dogri*: मुर्गे दा कलगा murge da kalga • > *Garo*: dogingmat • *Gujarati*: લાલમુર્ગા lalmurga, મખમલી makhmali, > મોરશીખા morshikha • *Hindi*: जटाधारी jata-dhari, लाल मुर्गा lal murga, > लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, फलिनी phalini • > *Kannada*: ದೀಪಕ deepaka • *Kashmiri*: मवल mawal • *Konkani*: वेलूड velud > • *Malayalam*: ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, വെളുത്ത > അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha adakkaamaniyan • *Manipuri*: ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei • *Marathi*: > मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha • *Odia*: ଇଶରଜଟା isarajata, କାରବୀ > karabi, ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, ସୁବହା subaha, > ସୁରଭି surabhi • *Punjabi*: ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros • *Rabha*: sore-kukum, > to-kukung • *Sanskrit*: बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, दीप्य dipya, दीप्यक > dipyaka, कारवी karavi, खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष kshudrashirsha, > लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा mayurachuda, प्रियतम > priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर > vahnishikhara • *Tamil*: சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, > கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu • *Telugu*: ఎర్ర > కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru • *Tibetan*: བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི > bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze • *Urdu*: جٹا دھاری > jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, پهلني phalini, > تاج خروس taj-e-khurus > > > *botanical names*: *Celosia cristata* L. ... *synonyms*: *Celosia > argentea* var. *cristata* (L.) Kuntze ... Robertson, K.R. (2003) *Celosia* > L. In: Flora of North America > <https://floranorthamerica.org/Celosia_cristata> Editorial Committee > (eds.) Flora of North America north of Mexico 4. Oxford University Press, > New York & Oxford, pp. 406–407. Accessed [11:54 24-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)] • > Iamonico, Duilio. (2013). About the circumscription of *Celosia argentea* > (Amaranthaceae) and the related Linnaean taxa. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250612821> Phytotaxa. 90. > 61-64. 10.11646/phytotaxa.90.1.3. > 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 > *crested cockscomb* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Crested%20Cockscomb.html>, > retrieved November 24, 2025 > > ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ > written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal > Pradesh, Meghalaya > *কুকুৰা জবা kukur joba* > > - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/Celosia%20cristata%20L.> - Your > gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources > > ~~~~~ DIMASA ~~~~~ > written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: *Assam*, > Nagaland ... other names for this language: Hill Kachari > *khimsa-gajau* > > - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/Celosia%20cristata%20L.> - Your > gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources > > ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... > spoken by the Dogras > *मुर्गे दा कलगा murge da kalga* > > - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... > facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid02ntZyTYcuPsc2se4J55ojS594wGfE5RgCKyPGDMRQRrP2SdwyiREe1Sg4fV5DPsk9l> > > ~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~ > written in: *Roman*, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: > *Meghalaya*, Assam > *dogingmat* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Chapter 5 :: Ethno medico botanical study of > certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> - Shodhganga > :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET > > ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ > written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar > Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* > *લાલમુર્ગા lalmurga, મખમલી makhmali, મોરશીખા morshikha* > > - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> > (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) > > ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, > *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, > Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* > *लाल मुर्गा lal murga, मोरशिखा morshikha* > > - विकिपीडिया - एक मुक्त ज्ञानकोश > > <https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE> > ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia > > *जटाधारी jata-dhari, लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, > फलिनी phalini* > > - A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts > > ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ > written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* > *ದೀಪಕ deepaka* > > - 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 > - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus > <https://alar.ink/> created by V. Krishna > > ~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~ > written in: *Koshur* (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), *Devanagari* (कश्मीरी), ... > spoken in: *Kashmir* ... other names for this language: Koshur > *मवल mawal* > > - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... > facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid02ntZyTYcuPsc2se4J55ojS594wGfE5RgCKyPGDMRQRrP2SdwyiREe1Sg4fV5DPsk9l> > > ~~~~~ 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 > *वेलूड velud* > > - 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 > - Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo > methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. > > <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> > Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. > > ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ > written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep > *ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, വെളുത്ത അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha > adakkaamaniyan* > > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4129/13d7b00c2e175d7c45a6f9dc5d16a156> > > ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ > written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: > *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei > *ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei* > > - Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Crested%20Cockscomb.html>, > retrieved November 24, 2025 > - or ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯔꯩ haorei ... *The Economic Plants of Manipur and their Uses*, > S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006) > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka > *मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha (or मयूरशिखा mayurashikha)* > > - A dictionary, Marathi and English > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> by Molesworth, J. > T. (James Thomas) > > ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ > written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar > Islands > *ଇଶରଜଟା isarajata, କାରବୀ karabi, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, ସୁବହା subaha, > ସୁରଭି surabhi* > > - Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. > > *ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia* > > - ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ - ଏକ ଖୋଲା ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ > > <https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%9F%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%B0_%E0%AC%9A%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%B3%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86> > ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia > > ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ > written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* > *ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros* > > - for *Celosia cristata* L. ... The Panjabi dictionary > <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/singh/>. Bhai Maya Singh > > ~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ > written in: *Assamese* (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, > Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya > *sore-kukum, to-kukung* > > - Dipali Deka (2007) - Chapter 5 :: Ethno medico botanical study of > certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam > <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> - Shodhganga > :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET > > ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests > and scholars > *बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, दीप्य dipya (or दीप्यक dipyaka), कारवी karavi, > खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष kshudrashirsha, लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, > लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा mayurachuda, मयूरशिखा mayurashikha, प्रियतम > priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर > vahnishikhara* > > - Learn Sanskrit > <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=celosia&dir=es> - पठत > संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः > > ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ > written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, > Andaman & Nicobar Islands > *சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, > கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu* > > - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> > [Madras], University of Madras > > ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ > written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, > *Telangana*, Puducherry > *ఎర్ర కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru* > > - Flora Andhrika > <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Celosia+cristata> - Plant > Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India > - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants > > <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4129/13d7b00c2e175d7c45a6f9dc5d16a156> > > ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ > written in: *Tibetan* ... spoken in: *Tibet*, *Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh*, > Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan > *བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze* > > - for *Celosia cristata* L. ... A Glossary of Tibetan Medicinal Plants > > <http://molvray.com/ebooks/ebooks-mss/academic-mm/A_Glossary_of_Tibetan_Medicinal_Plants__MMolvray.pdf> > by Mia MoIvray - a publication for the study of Tibetan Medicine published > by the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives > > ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ > written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, > Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka > *جٹا دھاری jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, > پهلني phalini, تاج خروس taj-e-khurus* > > - for *Celosia cristata* L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, > and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John > T. Platts > > ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > known only in cultivation, or as an escape from cultivation > > Robertson, K.R. (2003) *Celosia* L. In: Flora of North America > <https://floranorthamerica.org/Celosia_cristata> Editorial Committee > (eds.) Flora of North America north of Mexico 4. Oxford University Press, > New York & Oxford, pp. 406–407. Accessed [11:54 24-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)] > > ~~~~~ Created on: 11:59 24-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:35 24-11-2025 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/11/celosia-cristata-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/CADkXgDScZ5fGz8NV4JA6VeJpcSV_kKTN0GNTh4ujs9onxra6%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
