Thanks very much, Gurcharan ji, for the appreciation. Regards. Dinesh On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 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/7e92ad03-e49b-453d-bdb7-e48933335672n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/7e92ad03-e49b-453d-bdb7-e48933335672n%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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