se-LO-see-uh or kay-LO-see-uh -- from the Greek kelos (dry, burnt) - referring to its color ... Dave's Botanary
ar-JEN-tee-uh -- silvery ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: flamingo feathers, quail grass, silver cockscomb, wheat celosia, white cockscomb • Bengali: শ্বেত মুরগাফুল swet murgha-phul • Gujarati: લાંપડી lampadi • Hajong: dhola soremul • Haryanvi: सरवाली sarvaali • Hindi: गरखा garkha, जंगली मुर्गा jangali murga, कुरडू kurdu, मोरशिखा morshikha, सफेद मुर्गा safed murga, सिलियारी भाजी siliyari bhaji, सिलमिली silmili • Kannada: ಅಣ್ಣೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು anne soppu, ಹಣ್ಣೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು hanne soppu, ಖಡಕತಿರಾ khadakatira, ಕೋಲಾಣಿ kolani, ಮಯೂರ ಶಿಖೆ mayura shike • Konkani: कूरडू kurdu • Malayalam: ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, ചെറുച്ചീര cherucheera, കോഴിപുല്ല് kozhipullu, മയിലോശിക mayilooshika, വെളുത്ത അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha adakkaamaniyan • Manipuri: ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯔꯩ ꯑꯉꯥꯡꯕ haorei angangba • Marathi: कुरडू kurdu • Mishing: লাচৰ lasor, মেচৰ mesor • Mizo: zam-zo, zo-ci • Mundari: sirgiti ara • Nepali: भाले सिरु bhaale siru, चाँदे फूल chaande phool, चोया फूल choya phool, सहस्त्रजरी sahastrajaree, सरवरी साग sarawaree saag, सेतो चाँदे seto chaande, सिरौला siraulaa • Nyishi: sosa yanik • Odia: ନହଙ୍ଗା ଶାଗ nahanga saga • Pahari: चोटी फूल choti phool • Punjabi: ਸਲਯਾਰਾ salyara, ਸਰਵਾਲੀ sarwali • Rabha: bun sorekukum • Rajasthani: गर्खा garkha, गारको garko, इमर्ती imarti, मखमल makhmal, पिलोवन pilovan, सुरली surli • Sanskrit: मयूरशिखा mayurashikha, रुद्रजटा rudrajata, वितुन्नः vittunah • Santali: ᱥᱤᱨᱜᱤᱴ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ sirgit arak • Tamil: சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, மகளிக்கீரை makali-k-kirai, பண்ணை கீரை pannai keerai • Tangkhul: haorie • Telugu: గురుగు gurugu, పంచెచెట్టు panchechettu • Tibetan: ཀདམ་བཧར kadma-bhara • Tulu: ಕೋರಿಕೊಟ್ಟು korikottu
botanical names: Celosia argentea L. ... 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
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
flamingo feathers
- popular cultivar of this species
- The North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- Chicago Botanic Garden
quail grass
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K (2012) - Chapter 4 :: Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
silver cockscomb
- The North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- or silver cock's comb ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
wheat celosia
- Wisconsin Horticulture - Division of Extension
- The North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- or wheatstraw celosia for Celosia argentea var. spicata ... Garden Hoard
white cockscomb
- Flowers of India, retrieved November 13, 2025
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
শ্বেত মুরগাফুল swet murgha-phul
- BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
લાંપડી lampadi (or લાંબડી lambadi)
- વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
- Biological Diversity of Gujarat - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission [accessed on: 16 Dec 2020]
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal
dhola soremul
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Chapter 5 :: Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
सरवाली sarvaali
- 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
गरखा garkha, मोरशिखा morshikha
- आपातकाल की तैयारी स्वरूप वर्षा ऋतु में प्राकृतिक रूप से उगी हुई औषधीय वनस्पतियां संग्रहित करें ! (भाग २) :: सनातन संस्था
जंगली मुर्गा jangali murga
- Wagh, Vijay & Jain, Ashok. (2014). Floristic Diversity of Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh, India. 6. 146-167. 10.5829/idosi.ajps.2013.6.4.1116.
कुरडू kurdu, सफेद मुर्गा safed murga
- Nigwal, Mekusingh (2011) - Chapter 4 :: Status of tribal agriculture in Dhar district, M P - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
सिलियारी भाजी siliyari bhaji
- कृषिका : प्रकृति का उपहार छत्तीसगढ़ में भाजियों की भरमार : भाग-1 ... डॉ. गजेन्द्र सिंह तोमर
- or सिलवारी silvari ... Flowers of India, retrieved November 13, 2025
सिलमिली silmili
- Flowers of India, retrieved November 13, 2025
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಅಣ್ಣೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು anne soppu (or ಅನ್ನೆಸೊಪ್ಪು annesoppu), ಹಣ್ಣೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು hanne soppu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K (2012) - Chapter 4 :: Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
- बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् निघंट् - changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food
ಖಡಕತಿರಾ khadakatira
- S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
- बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् निघंट् - changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food
ಕೋಲಾಣಿ kolani
- बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् निघंट् - changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food
ಮಯೂರ ಶಿಖೆ mayura shike
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K (2012) - Chapter 4 :: Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कूरडू kurdu
- V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
- Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898.
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, വെളുത്ത അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha adakkaamaniyan
- A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
ചെറുച്ചീര cherucheera, കോഴിപുല്ല് kozhipullu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K (2012) - Chapter 4 :: Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
മയിലോശിക mayilooshika
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯔꯩ ꯑꯉꯥꯡꯕ haorei angangba
- Hanjabam, Manoranjan. (2005). Vegetable dyes used by the Meitei Community of Manipur. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 4. 39-46.
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कुरडू kurdu
- The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]
- मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~
written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri
লাচৰ lasor, মেচৰ mesor
- Ethnobotanyofnortheastindia (2020 onwards). Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - developed by the members of ethnobotanyofnortheastindia Google-site ... Accessed on 14 November 2025
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
zam-zo
- ENVIS :: Biological Diversity In Mizoram [Accessed 18/08/2022 (dd/mm/yyyy)]
- Dictionary of the Lushai language by James Herbert Lorrain
- State of Environment Report of Mizoram 2016
zo-ci
- Kar, An & Bora, Devanjal & Borthakur, Sashin & Goswami, N & Saharia, Daizi. (2013). WILD EDIBLE PLANT RESOURCES USED BY THE MIZOS OF MIZORAM, INDIA. KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. 9. 106-126. [Accessed 15/11/2021 (dd/mm/yyyy)]
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
sirgiti ara
- Geetanjali Singh and Jyoti Kumar. Diversity and traditional knowledge on some less known edible wild herbaceous plant resource from district Khunti, Jharkhand, India. International Journal of Bioassays 5.5 (2016): 4557-4562.
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
भाले सिरु bhaale siru, चाँदे फूल chaande phool, चोया फूल choya phool, सहस्त्रजरी sahastrajaree, सरवरी साग sarawaree saag, सेतो चाँदे seto chaande, सिरौला siraulaa
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ 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
sosa yanik
- Toku, Bani & Deuri, Mundeep & Borah, Dipankar & Tangjang, Sumpam & Das, Abhaya. (2021). Traditional phyto-medicines from the districts along the course of Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh, India: A review.
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ନହଙ୍ଗା ଶାଗ nahanga saga
- Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary.
~~~~~ 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
चोटी फूल choti phool
- Himalayan Wild Food Plants by Dr. Tara Sen Thakur
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਸਲਯਾਰਾ salyara, ਸਰਵਾਲੀ sarwali
- The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya
bun sorekukum
- Dipali Deka (2007) - Chapter 5 :: Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
गर्खा garkha, इमर्ती imarti
- Charan, P. & Sharma, K. (2016). FLORAL DIVERSITY OF THAR DESERT OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA.
गारको garko
- Banswara - Forest Department - Rajasthan Government
मखमल makhmal
- Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017
पिलोवन pilovan
- R. P. Kanther - DOMINANT FLORA OF PALI-DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA J. Indian Bot. Soc., Vol. 100 (1&2) 2020:01-15
सुरली surli
- Banswara - Forest Department - Rajasthan Government
- Tripathi, Yogesh & Prabhu, V.V. & Pal, R.S. & Mishra, R.N.. (1996). Medicinal Plants of Rajasthan in Indian System of Medicine. Ancient Science of Life. 15. 190-212.
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
मयूरशिखा mayurashikha, रुद्रजटा rudrajata
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
वितुन्नः vittunah
- ‖ विकिपीडिया ‖ - स्वतन्त्रविश्वकोशः ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱥᱤᱨᱜᱤᱴ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ sirgit arak
- A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
- ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ - ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
மகளிக்கீரை makali-k-kirai
- Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
பண்ணை கீரை pannai keerai
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: Manipur, Nagaland ... spoken by: Tangkhul people
haorie
- Sumitra Salam (2013) - Chapter 4 :: Ethnobotanical study of the Tangkhul Naga tribe in Ukhrul district, Manipur state - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
గురుగు gurugu, పంచెచెట్టు panchechettu
- Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
ཀདམ་བཧར kadma-bhara
- A Glossary of Tibetan Medicinal Plants by Mia MoIvray - a publication for the study of Tibetan Medicine published by the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕೋರಿಕೊಟ್ಟು korikottu
- Subrahmanya, Prasad K (2012) - Chapter 4 :: Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
throughout mainland and her islands; naturalized since ancient times
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.10; last update Oct. 12th, 2025. Last accessed 13/11/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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