Very useful compilation Dinesh ji. On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 5:22:30 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> 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 >>> >> -- 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]. 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