al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh -- alternating anther ... Dave's Botanary
bra-sill-ee-AY-nuh -- of or from Brazil ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: bloodleaf, Brazilian joyweed, calico plant, copperleaf, Joseph's coat, joy weed, parrot leaf, purple alternanthera, ruby leaf • Assamese: বিশল্যকৰণী bishalyakarani • Kannada: ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಕ್ರೊಟೊನ್ kempu croton • Malayalam: ചോരച്ചീര choracheera, ചുവന്ന ചീര chuvanna cheera, ക്രോട്ടൺ ചീര croton cheera • Tamil: பொன்னாங்கண்ணி ponnankanni • Tulu: ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಕ್ರೊಟೊನ್ kempu croton
botanical names: Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze ... homotypic synonyms: Gomphrena brasiliana L. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 25 October 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 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
bloodleaf, copperleaf, Joseph's coat
- Top Tropicals - - TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Brazilian joyweed, purple alternanthera
calico plant, joy weed (or joyweed), parrot leaf, ruby leaf
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~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
বিশল্যকৰণী bishalyakarani
- Many thanks to Sankar Jyoti Bora and Teena Pathak for help with this name ... facebook
- Many thanks to Jyotsna Saikia for her post of this species ... facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಕ್ರೊಟೊನ್ kempu croton
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಕ್ರೊಟೊನ್ kempu croton = red croton, named so, due to the reddish plant body and ornamental nature of the plant
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചോരച്ചീര choracheera
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
ചുവന്ന ചീര chuvanna cheera, ക്രോട്ടൺ ചീര croton cheera
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பொன்னாங்கண்ணி ponnankanni
- Kumar, Saawan & Singh, Pradeep & Mishra, Garima & Srivastav, Saurabh & Jha, K.K. & Khosa, R.L.. (2011). Pharmacological review of Alternanthera brasiliana Linn. (Amranthaceae). Asian Journal of Plant Science and Research. 1. 41-47.
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಕ್ರೊಟೊನ್ kempu croton
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಕ್ರೊಟೊನ್ kempu croton = red croton, named so, due to the reddish plant body and ornamental nature of the plant
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
introduced as an ornamental, also cultivated for medicinal purposes; originally from South and Central America
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.10; last update Oct. 12th, 2025. Last accessed 25/10/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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Created on: 21:15 03-12-2020 ¦ Last updated: 20:09 25-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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