Thursday, 6 November 2025

Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.

Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC.

al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh -- alternating anther ... Dave's Botanary
SES-sil-iss -- Latin: low, sitting; fixed, attached ... Dave's Botanary

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, retrieved 05 November 2025
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
dwarf copperleaf, joyweed, sessile joyweed, stalkless joyweed
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
নেওঠনীয়া শাক neuthoniya shak, মাটিকাদুৰি matikaduri (or মাটিগাদুৰি matigaduri)
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~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
গোলসাঁচি golsanchi, মাটি কন্দুরি mati kanduri, সাঁচিশাক sanchishak
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
दावस्रि आथिं daosri athing
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ha galdab
~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand
घंडुग्ली ghandugli
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
જલજાંબવો jalaambavo, પાણીની ભાજી paanini bhaji
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
कांटे वाली सांठी kante wali santhi
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
गरूण्डी garundi
गूधड़ीसाग gudrisag
गुड़रू gurroo
लोहमारक loh-marak
सरन्ती साग saranti saag
~~~~~ 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. 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
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
উটোকৰেং utokreng
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कोयपा koypa
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കൊഴുപ്പ koḻuppa
പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി ponnaankanni
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯐꯛꯆꯦꯠ phakchet
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
बेचकुसळ bechkusal
कांचरी kanchari
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
ngha-te-ril
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
yundru ara
~~~~~ 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
सरौंची saraunchi
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ 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
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
भाजी bhaji
~~~~~ 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 - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः
लोणिका lonika, मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi, मीनाक्षी minakshi
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱰᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ garundi arak
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பொன்னாங்கண்ணி ponnankanni (or பொன்னாங்காணி ponnankanni), உடுகாட்டி utu-katti
~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: Manipur, Nagaland ... spoken by: Tangkhul people
phakchek
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
మదనగంటి madanaganti
పొన్నగంటికూర ponna-gantikura
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
tsha la pi pa la
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಪೊನ್ನಾಂಕಣ್ಣಿ ponnaamkanni
ವಣಂಙನ vanannana
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout mainland and her islands
~~~~~ Created on: 11:41 05-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:08 06-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~
Amaranthaceae Chenopodiaceae tropical perennial herb "Alternanthera sessilis" "Achyranthes sessilis" "Gomphrena sessilis" "dwarf copperleaf" joyweed "sessile joyweed" "stalkless joyweed"
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