Dear Sam ji, after giving much thought to the spelling "kozhupa" I think it
should be better written as "kozhuppa" ... with double "pp".
Regards.
Dinesh

On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:

> Many thanks dear Sam ji, for the appreciation, and for validating the
> Malayalam names and their English spellings.
> Will shortly revise the English spelling of കൊഴുപ്പ to the corrected
> version; kozhupa.
>
> I am going with Hermann Gundert's "A Malayalam and English dictionary"
> which lists the name for *Achyranthes triandra*, synonym of *Alternanthera
> sessilis*. Sometimes the local folks use a name for more than one plant -
> perhaps for some kind of similarity among them..
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Dinesh ji,
>> Vibrant picture and great work.
>> കൊഴുപ്പ means having mucus charector and it is appropriate to *Portulaca*
>> species.
>> The correct English spelling is kozhupa.  The other name is correct.
>> Regards, Sam.
>>
>> On Thu, 6 Nov, 2025, 7:05 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> *Alternanthera sessilis* (L.) R.Br. ex DC.
>>> [image: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.]
>>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126825894>
>>>
>>> *al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh* -- alternating anther ... Dave's Botanary
>>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Alternanthera>
>>> *SES-sil-iss* -- Latin: low, sitting; fixed, attached ... Dave's
>>> Botanary
>>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=sessilis>
>>>
>>> *commonly known as*: dwarf copperleaf, joyweed, sessile joyweed,
>>> stalkless joyweed • *Ahom*: মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri • *Assamese*:
>>> নেওঠনীয়া শাক neuthoniya shak, মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri • *Bengali*:
>>> গোলসাঁচি golsanchi, মাটি কন্দুরি mati kanduri, সাঁচিশাক sanchishak •
>>> *Bodo*: दावस्रि आथिं daosri athing, ha galdab • *Garhwali*: घंडुग्ली
>>> ghandugli • *Gujarati*: જલજાંબવો jalaambavo, પાણીની ભાજી paanini bhaji
>>> • *Haryanvi*: कांटे वाली सांठी kante wali santhi • *Hindi*: गरूण्डी
>>> garundi, गूधड़ीसाग gudrisag, गुड़रू gurroo, लोहमारक loh-marak, सरन्ती साग
>>> saranti saag • *Kachchhi*: જર ભાજી jar bhaji, જર ભંગરો jar bhangaro •
>>> *Kannada*: ಹೊನಗೊನೆ honagone • *Karbi*: উটোকৰেং utokreng • *Konkani*:
>>> कोयपा koypa • *Malayalam*: കൊഴുപ്പ koḻuppa, പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി ponnaankanni
>>> • *Manipuri*: ꯐꯛꯆꯦꯠ phakchet • *Marathi*: बेचकुसळ bechkusal, कांचरी
>>> kanchari • *Mizo*: ngha-te-ril • *Mundari*: yundru ara • *Nepali*:
>>> आँख्ले झार aankhe jhaar, भाले भृंगराज bhaale bhringaraaj, भिरिंगी झार
>>> bhiringi jhaar, बिसाउने झार bisaaune jhaar, दुबे झार dube jhaar, जिब्रे
>>> पाते jibre paate, सरौंची saraunchi • *Nyishi*: oing • *Odia*: ଲୋହ ମାରକ
>>> loha maraka, ମଦରଙ୍ଗା madaranga, ସିତ ବାର sita bara, ଶିତସାର shita sara, ଶିତ
>>> ଶାକ shita shaka • *Pahari*: भांगरु bhangru • *Rajasthani*: भाजी bhaji •
>>> *Sanskrit*: लोहमारक lohamaraka, लोणिका lonika, मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi,
>>> मीनाक्षी minakshi, पत्त्रक pattraka, पत्तूर pattura, शालाञ्जि shalanji,
>>> सितसारक sitasaraka • *Santali*: ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱰᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ garundi arak • *Tangkhul*:
>>> phakchek • *Tamil*: பொன்னாங்கண்ணி ponnankanni, உடுகாட்டி utu-katti •
>>> *Telugu*: మదనగంటి madanaganti, పొన్నగంటికూర ponna-gantikura • *Tibetan*:
>>> tsha la pi pa la • *Tulu*: ಪೊನ್ನಾಂಕಣ್ಣಿ ponnaamkanni, ವಣಂಙನ vanannana
>>>
>>>
>>> *botanical names*: *Alternanthera sessilis* (L.) R.Br. ex DC. ... *homotypic
>>> synonyms*: *Achyranthes sessilis* (L.) Besser • *Gomphrena sessilis* L.
>>> ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... and much
>>> more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 05 November
>>> 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
>>> *dwarf copperleaf, joyweed, sessile joyweed, stalkless joyweed*
>>>
>>>    - Flowers of India
>>>    <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stalkless%20Joyweed.html>,
>>>    retrieved November 5, 2025
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Ahom*, Assamese ... mainly used by priests and scholars
>>> for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile *Ahom
>>> kingdom* (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this
>>> language: Tai-Ahom
>>> *মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri*
>>>
>>>    - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of
>>>    useful plants of north-east India
>>>    
>>> <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0>
>>>    - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ...
>>>    Accessed on 05 November 2025
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Assamese* (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: *Assam*, Arunachal
>>> Pradesh, Meghalaya
>>> *নেওঠনীয়া শাক neuthoniya shak, মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri (or মাটিগাদুৰি
>>> matigaduri)*
>>>
>>>    - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/Alternanthera%20sessilis> - Your
>>>    gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Bengali* (বাংলা) ... spoken in: *West Bengal*, Assam,
>>> Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
>>> *গোলসাঁচি golsanchi, মাটি কন্দুরি mati kanduri, সাঁচিশাক sanchishak*
>>>
>>>    - Flora - Mehedi Voice
>>>    <https://mehedivoice.blogspot.com/p/flora.html>
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Devanagari* or Latin ... spoken in: *Assam* ... other
>>> names for this language: Boro
>>> *दावस्रि आथिं daosri athing*
>>>
>>>    - XOBDO <https://www.xobdo.org/dic/Alternanthera%20sessilis> - Your
>>>    gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources
>>>
>>> *ha galdab*
>>>
>>>    - Basumatary, Jenima & Kalita Hui, Pallabi & Tag, Hui. (2025). 
>>> Ethnobotanical
>>>    investigation of wild edible plants consumed by the Bodo tribal community
>>>    of BTAD region of Assam, India.
>>>    <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394819217> Indian Journal
>>>    of Traditional Knowledge. 24. 788-795. 10.56042/ijtk.v24i8.17993.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Devanagari* (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: *Uttarakhand*
>>> *घंडुग्ली ghandugli*
>>>
>>>    - J. K. Tiwari, R. Ballabha and P. Tiwari - Some Promising Wild
>>>    Edible Plants of Srinagar and its Adjacent Area in Alaknanda Valley of
>>>    Garhwal Himalaya, India
>>>    
>>> <https://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0604/24_2477_am0604_167_174.pdf>
>>>    Journal of American Science 2010;6(4):167-174]. (ISSN: 1545-1003)
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Gujarati* (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: *Gujarat*, *Dadra &
>>> Nagar Haveli*, *Daman & Diu*
>>> *જલજાંબવો jalaambavo, પાણીની ભાજી paanini bhaji*
>>>
>>>    - 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
>>> *कांटे वाली सांठी kante wali santhi*
>>>
>>>    - Department of Bio Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University (2002) - 
>>> Medicinal
>>>    plants of some districts of Haryana an ethnobotanical survey
>>>    <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/113970> -
>>>    Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar
>>> Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya
>>> Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand*
>>> *गरूण्डी garundi*
>>>
>>>    - Flowers of India
>>>    <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stalkless%20Joyweed.html>,
>>>    retrieved November 6, 2025
>>>
>>> *गूधड़ीसाग gudrisag*
>>>
>>>    - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
>>>    
>>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f>
>>>
>>> *गुड़रू gurroo*
>>>
>>>    - Wagh, Vijay & Jain, Ashok. (2014). Floristic Diversity of Jhabua
>>>    District, Madhya Pradesh, India.
>>>    <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275894234> 6. 146-167.
>>>    10.5829/idosi.ajps.2013.6.4.1116.
>>>
>>> *लोहमारक loh-marak*
>>>
>>>    - for *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... A dictionary of Urdu,
>>>    classical Hindi, and English
>>>    <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts
>>>
>>> *सरन्ती साग saranti saag*
>>>
>>>    - कृषिका : प्रकृति का उपहार छत्तीसगढ़ में भाजियों की भरमार
>>>    <https://krishiguru2013.blogspot.com/2018/10/blog-post_62.html> :
>>>    भाग-1 ... डॉ. गजेन्द्र सिंह तोमर
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch*
>>> region of Gujarat
>>> *જર ભાજી jar bhaji, જર ભંગરો jar bhangaro*
>>>
>>>    - 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.
>>>    - કચ્છ સ્વસ્થાન ની વનસ્પતિઓ ઠાકર જયકૃષ્ણ ઇન્દ્રજી 1926 [PLANTS OF
>>>    CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926]
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*
>>> *ಹೊನಗೊನೆ honagone*
>>>
>>>    - or ಹೊನಗೋನೆ honagone / ಹೊನಗನೆ honagane / ಹೊನಗನ್ನೆ honaganne / ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೆ
>>>    honagonne ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary
>>>    corpus
>>>    
>>> <https://alar.ink/dictionary/kannada/english/%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%86>
>>>    created by V. Krishna
>>>    - or ಹೊನಗನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು honagana soppu ... Five Hundred Indian Plants
>>>    
>>> <https://archive.org/download/FiveHundredIndianPlants/FiveHundredIndianPlants.pdf>
>>>    by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
>>>    - or ಹೊನಗನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು honagane soppu ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration
>>>    and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and
>>>    surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka
>>>    <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> - Shodhganga
>>>    :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
>>>    - or ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೇ ಸೊಪ್ಪು honagonne soppu ... ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ
>>>    ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ <https://padakanaja.karnataka.gov.in/> ... Padakanaja
>>>    - Official website of Government of Karnataka
>>>    - or ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೇ ಸೊಪ್ಪು honagonne soppu ... 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
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Roman* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam,
>>> Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
>>> *উটোকৰেং utokreng*
>>>
>>>    - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of
>>>    useful plants of north-east India
>>>    
>>> <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0>
>>>    - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ...
>>>    Accessed on 05 November 2025
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ 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
>>> *कोयपा koypa*
>>>
>>>    - 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
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep
>>> *കൊഴുപ്പ koḻuppa*
>>>
>>>    - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
>>>    medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
>>>    Karnataka <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> -
>>>    Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
>>>    - for *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... A Malayalam and English
>>>    dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/gundert/> by
>>>    Hermann Gundert
>>>
>>> *പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി ponnaankanni*
>>>
>>>    - വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
>>>    
>>> <https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BF>
>>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in:
>>> *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei
>>> *ꯐꯛꯆꯦꯠ phakchet*
>>>
>>>    - Flowers of India
>>>    <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stalkless%20Joyweed.html>,
>>>    retrieved November 5, 2025
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*,
>>> Karnataka
>>> *बेचकुसळ bechkusal*
>>>
>>>    - विकिपीडिया - मुक्त ज्ञानकोश
>>>    
>>> <https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B3>
>>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>>
>>> *कांचरी kanchari*
>>>
>>>    - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
>>>    
>>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f>
>>>    - Marathi Names of Plants, with a Glossary
>>>    
>>> <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Journal_of_the_Bombay_Natural_History_Society._%28IA_journalofbombayn21887soci%29.pdf>
>>>    By Brigade-Surgeon W. Dymock, pp 175-197 - The Journal of the Bombay
>>>    Natural History Society, Volume II, 1887
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Latin*, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: *Mizoram* ...
>>> other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
>>> *ngha-te-ril*
>>>
>>>    - ENVIS :: Biological Diversity In Mizoram
>>>    <http://mizenvis.nic.in/Database/Biodiversity_1444.aspx>
>>>    - or nghate-ril ... Kar, An & Bora, Devanjal & Borthakur, Sashin &
>>>    Goswami, N & Saharia, Daizi. (2013). WILD EDIBLE PLANT RESOURCES
>>>    USED BY THE MIZOS OF MIZORAM, INDIA.
>>>    
>>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308886133_WILD_EDIBLE_PLANT_RESOURCES_USED_BY_THE_MIZOS_OF_MIZORAM_INDIA>
>>>    KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 9.
>>>    106-126.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Mundari Bani*, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken
>>> in: *Jharkhand*, Odisha
>>> *yundru ara*
>>>
>>>    - O.P. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar & R.K. Tiwari (1998) Ethnobotanical
>>>    Study of Skin Treatment Uses of Medicinal Plants of Bihar
>>>    <https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339>, Pharmaceutical
>>>    Biology, 36:3, 167-172, DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*,
>>> *Assam*, *Sikkim*
>>> *आँख्ले झार aankhe jhaar, भाले भृंगराज bhaale bhringaraaj, भिरिंगी झार
>>> bhiringi jhaar, बिसाउने झार bisaaune jhaar, दुबे झार dube jhaar, जिब्रे
>>> पाते jibre paate*
>>>
>>>    - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ...
>>>    efloraofindia
>>>    <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/a53IM6UrhpQ/m/DQ8KcZc9BQAJ>
>>>
>>> *सरौंची saraunchi*
>>>
>>>    - Mandal, Tej & Poudel, K & Gautam, Tilak. (2011). Seasonal
>>>    Variation in Plant Species in the Vicinities of Chimdi Lake in Sunsari,
>>>    Nepal. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266884412> Our
>>>    Nature. 8. 10.3126/on.v8i1.4323.
>>>    - Niroula, Bhabindra & Dangi, Yam & Shah, Poonam & Jha, Sasinath.
>>>    (2019). Checklist of pasture species at Biratnagar, Eastern Nepal
>>>    <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370275015> Nepalese
>>>    Journal of Biosciences. 9. 28-33. 10.3126/njbs.v9i1.51727.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Latin* ... spoken in: *Arunachal Pradesh*, Assam ...
>>> spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other
>>> names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya,
>>> Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung
>>> *oing*
>>>
>>>    - Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of
>>>    useful plants of north-east India
>>>    
>>> <https://sites.google.com/view/ethnobotanyofnortheastindia/home?authuser=0>
>>>    - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ...
>>>    Accessed on 05 November 2025
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar
>>> Islands
>>> *ଲୋହ ମାରକ loha maraka, ମଦରଙ୍ଗା madaranga, ସିତ ବାର sita bara (or ସିତ ବାରକ
>>> sita baraka), ଶିତସାର shita sara (or ସିତ ସାରକ sita saraka), ଶିତ ଶାକ shita
>>> shaka*
>>>
>>>    - Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha
>>>    <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Devanagari* (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of
>>> languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu
>>> and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
>>> *भांगरु bhangru*
>>>
>>>    - Himalayan Wild Food Plants
>>>    
>>> <https://himalayanwildfoodplants.com/2022/11/alternanthera-sessilis-l-r-br-ex-dc-bhangru-%e0%a4%ad%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%81/>
>>>    by Dr. Tara Sen Thakur
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan*
>>> *भाजी bhaji*
>>>
>>>    - 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
>>>    - Tripathi, Yogesh & Prabhu, V.V. & Pal, R.S. & Mishra, R.N..
>>>    (1996). Medicinal Plants of Rajasthan in Indian System of Medicine.
>>>    <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224897983> Ancient Science
>>>    of Life. 15. 190-212.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests
>>> and scholars
>>> *लोहमारक lohamaraka, पत्त्रक pattraka, पत्तूर pattura, शालाञ्जि
>>> shalanji, सितसारक sitasaraka (or सितसार sitasara)*
>>>
>>>    - for *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... Learn Sanskrit
>>>    <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=achyranthes&dir=es> -
>>>    पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
>>>
>>> *लोणिका lonika, मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi, मीनाक्षी minakshi*
>>>
>>>    - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
>>>    
>>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f>
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Ol Chiki* (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ),
>>> Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: *Jharkhand*, *West Bengal*,
>>> Odisha
>>> *ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱰᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ garundi arak*
>>>
>>>    - O.P. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar & R.K. Tiwari (1998) Ethnobotanical
>>>    Study of Skin Treatment Uses of Medicinal Plants of Bihar
>>>    <https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339>, Pharmaceutical
>>>    Biology, 36:3, 167-172, DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339
>>>    - ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ
>>>    
>>> <https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AC_%E1%B1%A7%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A2_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9C_%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9>
>>>    ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry,
>>> Andaman & Nicobar Islands
>>> *பொன்னாங்கண்ணி ponnankanni (or பொன்னாங்காணி ponnankanni), உடுகாட்டி
>>> utu-katti*
>>>
>>>    - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/>
>>>    [Madras], University of Madras
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Latin*, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: *Manipur*, Nagaland
>>> ... spoken by: Tangkhul people
>>> *phakchek*
>>>
>>>    - Sumitra Salam (2013) - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul Naga
>>>    tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state
>>>    <http://hdl.handle.net/10603/55908> - Shodhganga
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*,
>>> *Telangana*, Puducherry
>>> *మదనగంటి madanaganti*
>>>
>>>    - Flora Andhrika
>>>    <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Alternanthera+sessilis>
>>>    - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
>>>    - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
>>>    
>>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f>
>>>
>>> *పొన్నగంటికూర ponna-gantikura*
>>>
>>>    - Flora Andhrika
>>>    <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Alternanthera+sessilis>
>>>    - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
>>>    - for *Achyranthes triandra* Roxb. ... A Telugu-English dictionary
>>>    <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/brown/> by Charles Philip
>>>    Brown
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Tibetan* ... spoken in: *Tibet*, *Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh*,
>>> Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
>>> *tsha la pi pa la*
>>>
>>>    - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
>>>    
>>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/140/266fdd6d8d2d7291fdc4ccbc3cb5327f>
>>>    - the name needs to be rendered in native script
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
>>> written in: *Tigalari (Tulu)* was used for writing Vedic texts in
>>> Sanskrit, *Kannada* (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: *Karnataka*,
>>> north Kerala
>>> *ಪೊನ್ನಾಂಕಣ್ಣಿ ponnaamkanni*
>>>
>>>    - Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional
>>>    medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and
>>>    Karnataka <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/41951> -
>>>    Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
>>>    - or ಪೊನ್ನಂಗಿಲ್ ponnangil / ಪೊನ್ನಾಂಗಣಿ ponnaangani ... बॆरकॆ अट्टिल्
>>>    
>>> <https://berakeattilu.home.blog/2019/02/09/%e0%a4%ac%e0%a5%86%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%86-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9f%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%8d-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%98%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8d/>
>>>    - changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food
>>>
>>> *ವಣಂಙನ vanannana*
>>>
>>>    - Tulu-English Dictionary (1886)
>>>    
>>> <https://archive.org/details/tuluenglishengli01mnuoft/page/596/mode/2up?q=Alternanthera>
>>>    by Rev. A. Männer
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
>>> throughout mainland and her islands
>>>
>>>    - 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 25.10; last update Oct. 12th, 2025. Last accessed 05/11/2025
>>>    (dd/mm/yyyy).
>>>
>>> ~~~~~ Created on: 11:41 05-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:08 06-11-2025
>>> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Names compiled / updated at
>>> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/11/alternanthera-sessilis-l-dc.html
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>> Dinesh
>>>
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