¿ oo-RAY ? -- perhaps Latinised form of a vernacular name of the plant
la-NA-tuh -- woolly ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: mountain knot grass • Bengali: ছায়া chaya • Dogri: ढुई बुई dhui bui • Gujarati: ગોરખગાંજો gorakhaganjo, કપુરી મધુરી kapuri madhuri • Hindi: छाया chhaya, गोरखबूटी gorakhbuti, गोरखगांजा gorakhganja, कपूरीजड़ी kapurijadi, खली khali, खरी khari • Kachchhi: ગોરખડી gorakhdi, સની બૂર sani bour • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bili hindi soppu • Konkani: तांडलो tandlo • Kurukh: चिंदी chindi, लेद्रा अरखा ledra arxa • Lodhi: तोरे-अरा tore-ara • Malayalam: ചെറൂള cherula, ചെറുപൂള cherupula • Mal Paharia: सुब्रा subra • Manipuri: ꯅꯥꯄꯤ napi • Marathi: कापूरमाधुरी kapurmadhuri • Mundari: chauli ara, lupu ara • Odia: ପାଉଁଶିଆ paunsia • Punjabi: ਬੂਈ ਕਾਲਟਨ bui-kaltan • Rajasthani: छोटी बुई chhoti bui, गोरखा बुन्दी gorkha bundi, काळी बूई kali bui • Sanskrit: अश्मःभेदः ashmahabhedah, भद्र bhadra, गोरक्षगञ्जा gorakshaganja, पाषाणभेद pashanabheda, शतकभेदी shatakabhedi • Santali: ᱞᱚᱯᱚᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ lopon arak • Tamil: சிறுபூளை ciru-pulai, உழிஞை ulinai • Telugu: కొండపిండి kondapindi, పిండిదొండ pindidonda • Tulu: ಪಾಷಾಣಭೇದಿ pashanabhedi • Urdu: کهلي khali, کهري khari
botanical names: Ouret lanata (L.) Kuntze ... homotypic synonyms: Achyranthes lanata L. • Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. • Illecebrum lanatum (L.) L. • Paronychia lanata (L.) Moench ... heterotypic synonyms: Aerva elegans Moq. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 27 Novembder 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
mountain knot grass
- Flowers of India, retrieved November 27, 2025
- for Achyranthes lanata L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ছায়া chaya
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. II by PRAIN, DAVID
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary.
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Some abortifacient plants used by the tribal people of West Bengal by S Mitra and Sobhan Kr Mukherjee - Explorer: Research Paper, Natural Product Radiance, Vol. 8(2), 2009, pp.167-171
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
ढुई बुई dhui bui
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Sumeet Gairola, Jyotsana Sharma, Yashbir Singh Bedi, A cross-cultural analysis of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh (India) medicinal plant use, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 925-986, ISSN 0378-8741
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
ગોરખગાંજો gorakhaganjo, કપુરી મધુરી kapuri madhuri
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
छाया chhaya
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary.
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
गोरखबूटी gorakhbuti, गोरखगांजा gorakhganja, कपूरीजड़ी kapurijadi
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
खली khali, खरी khari
- for Achyranthes lanata L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
ગોરખડી gorakhdi, સની બૂર sani bour
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... કચ્છ સ્વસ્થાન ની વનસ્પતિઓ ઠાકર જયકૃષ્ણ ઇન્દ્રજી 1926 [PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926]
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... 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
ಬಿಳಿ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bili hindi soppu
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
- or ಬಿಳಿ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಗಿಡ bili hindi gida for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
- or ಬಿಳಿ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಗಿಡ bili hindi gida for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
तांडलो tandlo
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... 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
~~~~~ KURUKH ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कुँड़ुख़), Assamese-Bangla (কুড়ুখ্), Odia (କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍), Kurukh Banna and Tolong Siki ... spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people ... spoken in: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Tripura ... other names for this language: Kurux, Oraon, Uraon, Uranw
चिंदी chindi
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Noor N, Satapathy K B. Diversity of medicinally important leafy vegetables used by the tribes in Balasore district of Odisha, India. Plant Science Today. 2022; 9(4): 950–954.
लेद्रा अरखा ledra arxa
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... O.P. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar & R.K. Tiwari (1998) Ethnobotanical Study of Skin Treatment Uses of Medicinal Plants of Bihar, Pharmaceutical Biology, 36:3, 167-172, DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339
~~~~~ LODHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari ... spoken in: Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand ... spoken by: Lodha people
तोरे-अरा tore-ara
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Some abortifacient plants used by the tribal people of West Bengal by S Mitra and Sobhan Kr Mukherjee - Explorer: Research Paper, Natural Product Radiance, Vol. 8(2), 2009, pp.167-171
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചെറൂള cherula
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
ചെറുപൂള cherupula
- for Achyranthes lanata L. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ MAL PAHARIA ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (माल पहाड़िया) / Bengali (মাল পাহাড়িয়া) ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar ... spoken by: Mal Paharia people
सुब्रा subra
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... O.P. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar & R.K. Tiwari (1998) Ethnobotanical Study of Skin Treatment Uses of Medicinal Plants of Bihar, Pharmaceutical Biology, 36:3, 167-172, DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯅꯥꯄꯤ napi
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Ningombam, D. & Devi, S. & Singh, Potsangbam & Pinokiyo, Athokpam & Thongam, Biseshwori. (2014). Documentation and Assessment on Knowledge of EthnoMedicinal Practitioners: A Case Study on Local Meetei Healers of Manipur. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences. 9. 53-70. 10.9790/3008-09115370.
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
कापूरमाधुरी kapurmadhuri
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ MUNDARI ~~~~~
written in: Mundari Bani, Odia, Devanagari, Bengali, Latin ... spoken in: Jharkhand, Odisha
chauli ara
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... O.P. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar & R.K. Tiwari (1998) Ethnobotanical Study of Skin Treatment Uses of Medicinal Plants of Bihar, Pharmaceutical Biology, 36:3, 167-172, DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339
lupu ara
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... 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.
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ପାଉଁଶିଆ paunsia
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Survey of edible plants for human consumption in south Odisha, India, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research. ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp277-296, December-2020
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Kumar, Sanjeet & Supriya Devi, Rajkumari. (2020). Report on Floral Diversity of SAMBHAV, Nayagarh, Odisha, India. 10.13140/RG.2.2.21260.54402.
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Panda, Pratap & Panda, Sudarsan. (2012). Floral Diversity of Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary.
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral Diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਬੂਈ ਕਾਲਟਨ bui-kaltan
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Goyal M, Pareek A, Nagori BP, Sasmal D. Aerva lanata: A review on phytochemistry and pharmacological aspects. Pharmacogn Rev. 2011 Jul;5(10):195-8. doi: 10.4103/0973-7847.91120. PMID: 22279378; PMCID: PMC3263055.
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
गोरखा बुन्दी gorkha bundi
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... 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.
छोटी बुई chhoti bui
- Charan, P. & Sharma, K. (2016). FLORAL DIVERSITY OF THAR DESERT OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA.
- Google's AI Overview: "बूई" और "बुई" दोनों ही शब्द लिखे जाते हैं, और अक्सर एक-दूसरे के स्थान पर उपयोग किए जाते हैं, व्यावहारिक रूप से, वैज्ञानिक या वानस्पतिक साहित्य में अक्सर वर्तनी बूई या बूइन का प्रयोग अधिक मानकीकृत रूप में किया जाता है, लेकिन बोलचाल की भाषा और कई स्थानीय दस्तावेज़ों में बुई भी पूरी तरह स्वीकार्य है।
काळी बूई kali bui
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... R. P. Kanther - DOMINANT FLORA OF PALI-DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA J. Indian Bot. Soc., Vol. 100 (1&2) 2020:01-15
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अश्मःभेदः ashmahabhedah, भद्र bhadra, गोरक्षगञ्जा gorakshaganja, पाषाणभेद pashanabheda, शतकभेदी shatakabhedi
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱞᱚᱯᱚᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ lopon arak
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... O.P. Upadhyay, Kaushal Kumar & R.K. Tiwari (1998) Ethnobotanical Study of Skin Treatment Uses of Medicinal Plants of Bihar, Pharmaceutical Biology, 36:3, 167-172, DOI: 10.1076/phbi.36.3.167.6339
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சிறுபூளை ciru-pulai, உழிஞை ulinai
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
కొండపిండి kondapindi, పిండిదొండ pindidonda
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಪಾಷಾಣಭೇದಿ pashanabhedi
- for Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
کهلي khali, کهري khari
- for Achyranthes lanata L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Karnataka, Lakshadweep islands, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nicobar islands, Odisha, 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 27/11/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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