Thanks very much, Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the Malayalam names and their English spellings.
Both the names: *ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ* cheriya adakkaamaniyan, *വെളുത്ത അടക്കാമണിയൻ* velutha adakkaamaniyan are listed for the *Celosia* species: *argentea* as well as *cristata* at FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4129/13d7b00c2e175d7c45a6f9dc5d16a156> . I will remove them from the compilation, if you think they are not appropriate. I am going to add one apt name suggested by Dr Girish Kumar ji ... *കോഴിപ്പൂവ് kozhipoovu*. Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/CABSQqC0t3LKNAkN%2B2Ac09LWvCyRxKfvotyU4xR6vN4bV%3DjKThg%40mail.gmail.com.
