Thanks very much dear Sam ji !! Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Dinesh ji, > Yes, *കോഴിപ്പൂവ്* *kozhipoovu* is an appropriate name, very close to the > head of a rooster (here *kozhi* means rooster) > Regards, Sam. > > > On Tue, 25 Nov, 2025, 12:08 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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/CABSQqC3_SLcEDctL%3DhU6G5FwYRs6-E1RMskmR1oCwKNJXtvPEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
