*Aerva javanica* (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. [image: Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84393775>
*AY-er-va* -- Latinized form of the Arabic name for this plant ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Aerva> *juh-VAHN-ih-kuh* -- of or from Java ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=javanica> *commonly known as*: desert cotton, Javanese wool plant, kapok bush, pillow-weed, snow bush • *Bengali*: লাল বিসল্যকরনী lal bishalyakarani • *Gujarati*: બૂર bour • *Haryanvi*: बुई bui, ढोली dholi, मुंडी mundi • *Hindi*: सफेद बूई safed bui • *Kachchhi*: બૂર bour • *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಗಿಡ dodda hindi gida • *Marathi*: कल kal, खुल khul • *Punjab*: ਬੂਈ ਕਾਲਟਨ bui-kaltan • *Rajasthani*: बूई bui • *Tamil*: சிமிலி cimili, பெரியபூளை periya-pulai • *Telugu*: మగబీర magabira, పెద్ద పిండి pedda pindi, పిండి కొండ pindi konda *botanical names*: *Aerva javanica* (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. ... ... *synonyms*: *Aerva incana* Mart. • *Aerva persica* (Burm.f.) Merr. • *Aerva tomentosa* Forssk. • *Aerva wallichii* Moq. • *Iresine javanica* Burm.f. and more at ... 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 03/12/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). 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 *desert cotton* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerva_javanica> *Javanese wool plant* - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?qs=Javanese+wool+plant&matchtype=default> [Madras], University of Madras *kapok bush, pillow-weed, snow bush* - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk <http://www.hear.org/pier/species/aerva_javanica.htm> (PIER) ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *লাল বিসল্যকরনী lal bishalyakarani* - Priyanka Karela, Ramesh Kumar Dedar. Phytochemistry and pharmacological aspect of *Areva javanica*: A Review. <https://www.thepharmajournal.com/archives/?year=2022&vol=11&issue=7&ArticleId=14000> Pharma Innovation 2022;11(7):1373-1375. ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra & Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu* *બૂર bour* - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/cGJt67sMbng/m/dq0c7kFEAgAJ> (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા) ~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: *Haryana*, Delhi *बुई bui, ढोली dholi, मुंडी mundi* - Haryana Forest Flora <https://haryanaforestflora.in/specimen/view/94> - A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India) ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *सफेद बूई safed bui* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* region of Gujarat *બૂર bour* - કચ્છ સ્વસ્થાન ની વનસ્પતિઓ ઠાકર જયકૃષ્ણ ઇન્દ્રજી 1926 [PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926] - for *Aerva persica* (Burm.f.) Merr. ... Patel, Yatin & Patel, Rohitkumar & Pankaj, Joshi & Dabgar, Yogesh. (2011). Study of the Angiospermic flora of Kachchh district, Gujarat, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236020734_Study_of_the_Angiospermic_flora_of_Kachchh_district_Gujarat_India> Life Sciences Leaflets. 19. 739-768. ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಗಿಡ dodda hindi gida* - Shiddamallayya N, Rama Rao V, Doddamani SH, Venkateshwarlu G. A glimpse on forest flora and Indian system of medicine plants of Chitradurga district, Karnataka. <https://www.florajournal.com/archives/?year=2016&vol=4&issue=1&part=A&ArticleId=253> Int J Herb Med 2016;4(1):25-33. - or ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬಿಳಿ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು dodda bili hindi soppu ... Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *कल kal, खुल khul* - Indraji, Jayakrishna (1910) Botany : a complete and comprehensive account of the flora of Barda Mountain (Kathiawad) <https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42197#page/741/mode/1up> Printed at the "Gujarati" Printing Press - કચ્છ સ્વસ્થાન ની વનસ્પતિઓ ઠાકર જયકૃષ્ણ ઇન્દ્રજી 1926 [PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926] ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* *ਬੂਈ ਕਾਲਟਨ bui-kaltan* - Priyanka Karela, Ramesh Kumar Dedar. Phytochemistry and pharmacological aspect of Areva javanica: A Review. <https://www.thepharmajournal.com/archives/?year=2022&vol=11&issue=7&ArticleId=14000> Pharma Innovation 2022;11(7):1373-1375. ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* *बूई bui* - Malini Saigal - The Plants of the Thar Desert <https://www.sahapedia.org/the-plants-of-the-thar-desert> - Sahapedia - for *Aerva persica* (Burm.f.) Merr. ... Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India <http://www.thebiobrio.in/content.aspx?id=57> - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017 - or सफेद बूई safed bui ... for *Aerva persica* (Burm.f.) Merr. ... R. P. Kanther - DOMINANT FLORA OF PALI-DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA <https://indianbotsoc.org/view-article-page/1015> J. Indian Bot. Soc., Vol. 100 (1&2) 2020:01-15 - or सफेद बूई safed bui ... for *Aerva persica* (Burm.f.) Merr. ... Charan, P. & Sharma, K. (2016). FLORAL DIVERSITY OF THAR DESERT OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326224160_FLORAL_DIVERSITY_OF_THAR_DESERT_OF_WESTERN_RAJASTHAN_INDIA> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *சிமிலி cimili (or சிமிளி cimili), பெரியபூளை periya-pulai (or பெரும்பூளை peru-m-pulai)* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> [Madras], University of Madras ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, *Telangana*, Puducherry *మగబీర magabira,పెద్ద పిండి pedda pindi, పిండి కొండ pindi konda* - Flora Andhrika <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Aerva+javanica> - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal - 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 03/12/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 16:25 09-11-2020 ¦ Last updated: 17:12 06-12-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2020/11/aerva-javanica-burmf-juss-ex-schult.html Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > 2nd version of names compilation updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2020/11/aerva-javanica-burmf-juss-ex-schult.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Saturday, 26 December 2020 at 18:50:00 UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote: > >> *AY-er-va* -- Latinized form of the Arabic name for this plant ... Dave's >> Botanary >> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Aerva> >> *juh-VAHN-ih-kuh* -- of or from Java ... Dave's Botanary >> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=javanica> >> >> *commonly known as*: desert cotton, Javanese wool plant, kapok bush, >> pillow-weed, snow bush • *Gujarati*: બૂર bour • *Hindi*: सफेद बूई safed >> bui • *Kachchhi*: બૂર bour • *Kannada*: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಗಿಡ dodda hindi gida >> • *Marathi*: कल kal, खुल khul • *Rajasthani*: बूई bui • *Tamil*: சிமிலி >> cimili, பெரியபூளை periya-pulai • *Telugu*: మగబీర magabira, పెద్ద పిండి >> pedda pindi, పిండి కొండ pindi konda >> >> >> *botanical names*: *Aerva javanica* (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. ... >> *synonyms*: *Aerva incana* Mart. • *Aerva wallichii* Moq. ... status at *The >> Plants List* (2013). Version 1.1. >> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623685> >> Bibliography / etymology >> ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ >> *desert cotton* >> >> - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerva_javanica> >> >> *Javanese wool plant* >> >> - Tamil lexicon >> >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?qs=Javanese+wool+plant&matchtype=default> >> [Madras], University of Madras >> >> *kapok bush* >> >> - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerva_javanica> >> - PIER species info >> <http://www.hear.org/pier/species/aerva_javanica.htm> >> >> *pillow-weed* >> >> - PIER species info >> <http://www.hear.org/pier/species/aerva_javanica.htm> >> - or *pillow bush* ... Flowers of India >> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Desert%20Cotton.html> >> >> *snow bush* >> >> - PIER species info >> <http://www.hear.org/pier/species/aerva_javanica.htm> >> >> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ >> *બૂર bour* >> >> - વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે જે ઝાલા) >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/9vw2Nzxoa7U> >> >> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ >> *सफेद बूई safed bui* >> >> - ENVIS - FRLHT >> <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> >> >> ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ >> *બૂર bour* >> >> - FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, >> 1910 >> - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, >> 1926 >> >> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ >> *ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಗಿಡ dodda hindi gida* >> >> - Herbarium JCB >> <http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ac.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=229&cat=1> >> >> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >> *कल kal* >> >> - FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, >> 1910 >> - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, >> 1926 >> >> *खुल khul* >> >> FLORA OF BARDA MOUNTAIN (KATHIAWAD) by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, >> 1910 >> - PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, >> 1926style="margin-top:3px"> >> >> ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ >> *बूई bui* >> >> - Sahapedia <https://www.sahapedia.org/the-plants-of-the-thar-desert> >> >> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >> *சிமிலி cimili* >> >> - ENVIS - FRLHT >> <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> >> - Javanese wool plant ... Tamil lexicon >> >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?qs=Javanese+wool+plant&matchtype=default> >> [Madras], University of Madras >> - also *சிமிளி cimili* ... Tamil lexicon >> >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?qs=cimili&matchtype=default> >> [Madras], University of Madras >> >> *பெரியபூளை periya-pulai* >> >> - Tamil lexicon >> >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?qs=aerua+javanica&matchtype=default> >> [Madras], University of Madras >> - ENVIS - FRLHT >> <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> >> - also *பெரும்பூளை peru-m-pulai* or, simply *பூளை pulai* ... Tamil >> lexicon >> >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?qs=aerua+javanica&matchtype=default> >> [Madras], University of Madras >> - also found written as *பீளை pilai* ... Tamil lexicon >> >> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/tamil-lex_query.py?qs=Javanese+wool+plant&matchtype=default> >> [Madras], University of Madras >> >> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >> *మగబీర magabira* >> >> - ENVIS - FRLHT >> <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> >> - Flora Andhrika >> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Aerva+javanica> >> - this name shared with: >> *Anisomeles malabarica* (L.) R.Br. ex Sims ... A Telugu-English >> dictionary >> >> <https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/brown_query.py?qs=%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B0> >> by Charles Philip Brown >> >> *పెద్ద పిండి pedda pindi* >> >> - ENVIS - FRLHT >> <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> >> - Flora Andhrika >> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Aerva+javanica> >> >> *పిండి కొండ pindi konda* >> >> - ENVIS - FRLHT >> <http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/64/c0123bc3d0d77f5d0ba7bacd7b9463fb> >> - Flora Andhrika >> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Aerva+javanica> >> >> ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> Names compiled / updated at >> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2020/11/aerva-javanica-burmf-juss-ex-schult.html >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> . >> >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 8:14 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you very much, Anil ji. >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 7:14 PM Anil Thakur <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Nice click, Sir >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/0bWcd2Cjk0Y/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5a91c750-44f0-4a14-a677-51230166f4fdn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5a91c750-44f0-4a14-a677-51230166f4fdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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