se-LO-see-uh or
kay-LO-see-uh -- from the Greek
kelos (dry, burnt) - referring to its color ...
Dave's Botanary
kris-TAY-tuh -- crested ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: crested cockscomb •
Assamese: কুকুৰা জবা kukur joba •
Dimasa: khimsa-gajau •
Dogri: मुर्गे दा कलगा murge da kalga •
Garo: dogingmat •
Gujarati: લાલમુર્ગા lalmurga, મખમલી makhmali, મોરશીખા morshikha •
Hindi: जटाधारी jata-dhari, लाल मुर्गा lal murga, लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, फलिनी phalini •
Kannada: ದೀಪಕ deepaka •
Kashmiri: मवल mawal •
Konkani: वेलूड velud •
Malayalam: കോഴിപ്പൂവ് kozhipoovu •
Manipuri: ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei •
Marathi: मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha •
Nepali: चाँदे फूल chaande phool, चोया फूल choyaa phool, सेतो चाँदे seto chaande •
Odia: ଇଶରଜଟା isarajata, କାରବୀ karabi, ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, ସୁବହା subaha, ସୁରଭି surabhi •
Punjabi: ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros •
Rabha: sore-kukum, to-kukung •
Sanskrit: बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, दीप्य dipya, दीप्यक dipyaka, कारवी karavi, खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष kshudrashirsha, लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा mayurachuda, प्रियतम priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर vahnishikhara •
Tamil: சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu •
Telugu: ఎర్ర కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru •
Tibetan: བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze •
Urdu: جٹا دھاری jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, پهلني phalini, تاج خروس taj-e-khurus
botanical names:
Celosia cristata L. ...
synonyms:
Celosia argentea var.
cristata (L.) Kuntze ... Robertson, K.R. (2003)
Celosia L. In:
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.) Flora of North America north of Mexico 4. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, pp. 406–407. Accessed [11:54 24-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)] • Iamonico, Duilio. (2013).
About the circumscription of Celosia argentea (Amaranthaceae) and the related Linnaean taxa. Phytotaxa. 90. 61-64. 10.11646/phytotaxa.90.1.3.
Bibliography / etymology
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languages of India 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
crested cockscomb
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
কুকুৰা জবা kukur joba
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~~~~~ DIMASA ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Hill Kachari
khimsa-gajau
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~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
मुर्गे दा कलगा murge da kalga
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
dogingmat
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
લાલમુર્ગા lalmurga, મખમલી makhmali, મોરશીખા morshikha
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
लाल मुर्गा lal murga, मोरशिखा morshikha
जटाधारी jata-dhari, लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, फलिनी phalini
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದೀಪಕ deepaka
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur
मवल mawal
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in:
Devanagari (कोंकणी) /
Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) /
Romi (
Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
वेलूड velud
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കോഴിപ്പൂവ് kozhipoovu
- Many thanks to Dr. Girish Kumar for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the name ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei
- Flowers of India, retrieved November 24, 2025
- or ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯔꯩ haorei ... The Economic Plants of Manipur and their Uses, S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006)
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha (or मयूरशिखा mayurashikha)
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
चाँदे फूल chaande phool, चोया फूल choyaa phool, सेतो चाँदे seto chaande
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଇଶରଜଟା isarajata, କାରବୀ karabi, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, ସୁବହା subaha, ସୁରଭି surabhi
ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros
~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya
sore-kukum, to-kukung
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, दीप्य dipya (or दीप्यक dipyaka), कारवी karavi, खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष kshudrashirsha, लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा mayurachuda, मयूरशिखा mayurashikha, प्रियतम priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर vahnishikhara
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
ఎర్ర కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
جٹا دھاری jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, پهلني phalini, تاج خروس taj-e-khurus
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
known only in cultivation, or as an escape from cultivation
Robertson, K.R. (2003) Celosia L. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.) Flora of North America north of Mexico 4. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, pp. 406–407. Accessed [11:54 24-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)]
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Created on: 11:59 24-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 19:15 26-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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Amaranthaceae cutivated ornamental herb "Celosia cristata" "Celosia cristata var. cristata" "Celosia argentea var. cristata" "crested cockscomb"
