Very useful compilation Dinesh ji. On Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 5:43:01 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> *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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