Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis

¿ gee-rar-DIH-nee-uh ? -- named for Jean Pierre Louis Girardin, French chemist and agronomist ... The Eponym Dictionary of Southern African Plants
dy-ver-sih-FOH-lee-uh -- different (diverse) shaped leaves ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Himalayan nettle, Nilgiri nettle • Assamese: সৰু চোৰাত saru surat • Bengali: বিছুয়া bichua • Dogri: बड्डी सद्दर baddi saddar • Garhwali: कंडेली kandeli • Gujarati: આગ્યા aagya • Hindi: बिछुआ bichua • Kachari: ing-geo • Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ತುರಿಕೆ dodda thurike, ಸುರಸುರಿಕೆ surasurike • Khasi: taintham, teing-thap • Konkani: कस्ती खातखुतली kasti khatkhutli • Kumaoni: शिशोड shishod • Ladakhi: ཟོཟོཏ་ zozot • Lepcha: kuju • Malayalam: ആനച്ചൊറിയണം aanachoriyanam, ചെന്തോട്ടി chenthotti, കൊടിത്തൂവ kotiththoova • Manipuri: ꯁꯟꯊꯥꯛ santhak • Marathi: आग्या aagya, खाजोटी khajoti • Miri: paji-jimang • Mizo: kang-thai, tai-teh • Nepali: अल्लो सिस्नु allo sisnoo, भ्यान्ग्रे सिस्नु bhyaangre sisnoo, चाल्ने सिस्नु chaalne sisnoo, काली सिस्नु kaali sisnoo, लेख सिस्नु lekh sisnoo, ठुलो सिस्नु thulo sisnoo • Nyishi: podrays • Pahari: भाभर bhabhar, कारला karla • Punjabi: ਏਇਨ ein, ਸਨੋਲੀ sanoli • Sanskrit: लघुकच्छु laghukacchu, रोमालु romalu, सन्ततिवर्धिनी santativardhini, वातविध्वंसिनी vatavidhvamsini • Tagin: posh phon, poso • Tamil: பெரிய காஞ்சொறி periya kaanjori, யானைசொறியன் yanaichoriyan • Tangkhul: anzar • Telugu: గడ్డనెల్లి gaddanelli, రక్కసిచెట్టు rakkasi chettu • Tulu: ಮಲ್ಲ ಆಕಿರೆ malla aakire • Urdu: بچهوا bichua


botanical names: Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis ... homotypic synonyms: Urtica diversifolia Link ... more at POWO
accepted infraspecifics: Girardinia diversifolia subsp. diversifolia ... heterotypic synonyms: Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. • Girardinia heterophylla Decne., nom. superfl. • Girardinia zeylanica Decne. • Urtica heterophylla Vahl, nom. superfl. • Urtica heterophylla Wall. ex D.Don, nom. illeg. ... and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Himalayan nettle

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
• Sharan Shrestha S, Sut S, Ferrarese I, Barbon Di Marco S, Zengin G, De Franco M, Pant DR, Mahomoodally MF, Ferri N, Biancorosso N, Maggi F, Dall Acqua S, Rajbhandary S. Himalayan Nettle Girardinia diversifolia as a Candidate Ingredient for Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Applications - Phytochemical Analysis and In Vitro Bioassays. Molecules. 2020 Mar 29;25(7):1563. doi: 10.3390/molecules25071563. PMID: 32235298; PMCID: PMC7180999.

Nilgiri nettle

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... Nilgiri spelt as Nilghiri in south India
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

সৰু চোৰাত saru surat

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

বিছুয়া bichua

• for synonym Girardinia zeylanica Decne. ... Bengal Plants Vol. 2 by Sir David Prain

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

बड्डी सद्दर baddi saddar

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~

कंडेली kandeli

• Nidhi Tewari - Himalayan Nettle – Amazing Wild Plant from Sub-Himalayan Region Vol. 3 Issue-4, December 2022
• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... name variant - कंडाली kandaali

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

આગ્યા aagya

• for synonym Girardinia zeylanica Decne. ... Biological Diversity of Gujarat ... the content is no longer available
• in all probability, this name borrowed from Marathi language of the neighbouring state of Maharashtra, of which the meaning is one that causes burns, or burning sensation. In Gujarati language, this word could be mistaken for આજ્ઞા aadnya, of which the meaning is: હુકમ hukum = command; આદેશ aadesh = order

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बिछुआ bichua

• for synonym Urtica heterophylla Vahl ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~

ing-geo

• for synonym Girardinia heterophylla Decne. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ದೊಡ್ಡ ತುರಿಕೆ dodda thurike (or simply ತುರಿಕೆ thurike)

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

ಸುರಸುರಿಕೆ surasurike

• for synonym Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna ... name variants - ಸುರಸುರಕೆ surasurake, ಸುರುಸುರಿಗೆ surusurige, ಸುರುಸುರಿಕೆ surusurike, ಸುರುಸುರುಕೆ surusuruke

~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~

taintham, teing-thap

• for synonym Girardinia heterophylla Decne. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

कस्ती खातखुतली kasti khatkhutli

• for synonym Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak ... name variant - कष्टी खातखुतली kashti khatkhutli

~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~

शिशोड shishod

• Nidhi Tewari - Himalayan Nettle – Amazing Wild Plant from Sub-Himalayan Region Vol. 3 Issue-4, December 2022

~~~~~ LADAKHI ~~~~~

ཟོཟོཏ་ zozot

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ LEPCHA ~~~~~

kuju

• Pandey, Aseesh & Lepcha, Ugen & Gaira, Kailash & Joshi, Rajesh & Chettri, Nakul. (2020). Nettle plant (Girardinia diversifolia) fibre extraction and yarn making Technical Manual.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ആനച്ചൊറിയണം aanachoriyanam (or simply ചൊറിയണം choriyanam), ചെന്തോട്ടി chenthotti, കൊടിത്തൂവ kotiththoova

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with these names ... facebook

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

ꯁꯟꯊꯥꯛ santhak

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

आग्या aagya

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

खाजोटी khajoti

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• or मोठी खाजोटी mothi khajoti ... for synonym Girardinia zeylanica Decne. ... Vikaspedia | मराठी विश्वकोश

~~~~~ MIRI ~~~~~

paji-jimang

• for synonym Girardinia heterophylla Decne. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das

~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~

kang-thai

• Flowers of India
• for synonym Girardinia palmata Gaudich. ex Blume ... State Medicinal Plants Board - Mizoram
• State of Environment Report of Mizoram 2016

tai-teh

• State of Environment Report of Mizoram 2016
• name variants: taitem, taiteng ... Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

अल्लो सिस्नु allo sisnoo (or simply अल्लो allo), भ्यान्ग्रे सिस्नु bhyaangre sisnoo, चाल्ने सिस्नु chaalne sisnoo, काली सिस्नु kaali sisnoo, लेख सिस्नु lekh sisnoo, ठुलो सिस्नु thulo sisnoo

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~

podrays

• Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - Ethnobotany of north-east India

~~~~~ 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

भाभर bhabhar, कारला karla

• Many thanks to Dr Anil Kumar Thakur for help with these names, via comment in ... Names of Plants in India ... these names prevalent in some places of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh ... भाभर bhabhar (in Kotgarh) and कारला karla (in Rohru)

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

ਏਇਨ ein, ਸਨੋਲੀ sanoli

• for synonym Urtica heterophylla Vahl ... The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

लघुकच्छु laghukacchu, रोमालु romalu, सन्ततिवर्धिनी santativardhini, वातविध्वंसिनी vatavidhvamsini

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ TAGIN (Ghasi Miri people) ~~~~~

posh phon, poso

• Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - Ethnobotany of north-east India

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

பெரிய காஞ்சொறி periya kaanjori, யானைசொறியன் yanaichoriyan

• Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with these names ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~

anzar

• for synonym Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. ... Salam, Sumitra - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul-Naga tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur State - Nagaland University Repository

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

గడ్డనెల్లి gaddanelli

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• for synonym Girardinia heterophylla var. palmata Hook.f. ... Telangana Forest Department - Flora by R D Reddy

రక్కసిచెట్టు rakkasi chettu

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

ಮಲ್ಲ ಆಕಿರೆ malla aakire

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~

بچهوا bichua

• for synonym Urtica heterophylla Vahl ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

• for Girardinia heterophylla Decne. ... Flora of Assam Vol IV by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, R N De, A Das
• for Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• for Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. ... Salam, Sumitra - Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul-Naga tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur State - Nagaland University Repository
• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.2; last update April 1st, 2024. Last accessed 10-04-2024.

~~~~~ Last updated: 10-04-2024 ~~~~~

Urticaceae annual perennial subshrub herb "Girardinia diversifolia" "Girardinia heterophylla" "Girardinia leschenaultiana" "Girardinia zeylanica" "Urtica diversifolia" "Urtica heterophylla" "Himalayan nettle" "Nilgiri nettle"