AY-er-va -- Latinized form of the Arabic name for this plant ... Dave's Botanary
juh-VAHN-ih-kuh -- of or from Java ... Dave's Botanary
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. 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 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
Javanese wool plant
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
kapok bush, pillow-weed, snow bush
~~~~~ 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. 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 (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
बुई bui, ढोली dholi, मुंडी mundi
- Haryana Forest Flora - 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
~~~~~ 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. 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. 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. 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) 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. 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 - Sahapedia
- for Aerva persica (Burm.f.) Merr. ... Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India - 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 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.
~~~~~ 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
- Tamil lexicon [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 - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ 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. Version 25.11; last update Nov. 11th, 2025. Last accessed 03/12/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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Created on: 16:25 09-11-2020 ¦ Last updated: 17:12 06-12-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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