Names of Plants in India :: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.

Dinesh Valke

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Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. ... (family: Plantaginaceae; also placed in Gratiolaceae Scrophulariaceae Veronicaceae)

buh-KOH-puh -- said to be a South American aboriginal name ... Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium
mon-ee-ER-ee -- named for Monnier, French physician, naturalist, and professor ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: herb of grace, Indian pennywort, moneywort, Monnier's bacopa, thyme-leaved gratiola, water hyssop • Assamese: ব্ৰাহ্মী brahmi • Bengali: ব্রাহ্মিশাক brahmisaka • Dogri: बाम ब्राह्मी baam brahmi, जलब्राह्मी jalbrahmi, सरस्वती sarswati, सौम्यलता saumyalata, तिक्तलोनिका tiktlonika • Gujarati: બામ baam, જલનેવરી jalanevari, કડવી લૂણી kadavi luni • Hindi: बाम baam, ब्राह्यी brahmi, जलबूटी jalbuti, जलनीम jalnim, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi, सफेद चमनी safed chamani • Kannada: ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ brahmi, ಜಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ jala brahmi, ನೀರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ niru brahmi • Konkani: ब्राह्मी brahmi • Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മി brahmi • Manipuri: brahmi-sak • Marathi: ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलब्राह्मी jalabrahmi, नीर ब्राह्मी nir brahmi • Oriya: ବ୍ରାହ୍ମୀ brahmi, ପୃଶ୍ନି ପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ prusni parnni • Sanskrit: ब्राह्मी brahmi, तिक्तलोणिका tiktalonika • Tamil: நீர்ப்பிரமி nir-p-pirami, பிரமி pirami, பிரமியம் piramiyam, தராய் taray • Telugu: సాంబ్రాణి ఆకు sambrani aku

botanical names: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. ... synonyms: Lysimachia monnieri L. (basionym) • Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell • Bramia indica Lam. • Gratiola monnieri (L.) L. • Herpestis monnieri (L.) Kunth • Monniera cuneifolia Michx. ... and more at The Plants List

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Dinesh

ushadi Micromini

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Jun 4, 2012, 2:20:34 AM6/4/12

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very nice...
I see you have incorporated the gujarati names...
Usha di

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Dinesh Valke

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Mar 18, 2017, 1:10:50 PM3/18/17

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Names update ...
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ brahmi, ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi, ಜಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ jala brahmi, ನೀರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ niru brahmi

• Telugu: చిలుకకూర cilukakura, జలబ్రహ్మి jalabrahmi, సాంబ్రాణి ఆకు sambrani aku

• Tulu: ನೀರಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ nirbrahmi

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Dinesh

J.M. Garg

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Mar 20, 2017, 12:44:13 AM3/20/17

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Thanks, Dinesh ji, for these additions.

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Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.

buh-KOH-puh -- Latinized form of the South American aboriginal name ... EOL / from the Sanskrit ब्राह्मी (brahmi) ... Dave's Botanary

mon-ee-ER-ee -- named for Monnier, French physician, naturalist, and professor ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: herb of grace, Indian pennywort, moneywort, Monnier's bacopa, thyme-leaved gratiola, water hyssop • Assamese: ব্ৰাহ্মী brahmi • Bengali: ব্রাহ্মী brahmi • Bodo: thiphu maigong • Gujarati: બામ baam, જલબ્રાહ્મી brahmi, જલનેવરી jalanevari, કડવી લૂણી kadavi luni • Hindi: बाम baam, ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलबूटी jalbuti, जलनीम jalnim, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi, पानब्राह्मी panbrahmi, सफेद चमनी safed chamani • Kachchhi: કડવી નેવરી kadavi nevari • Kannada: ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ brahmi, ಜಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ jala brahmi, ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi, ನೀರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ niru brahmi • Konkani: ब्राह्यी ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಿ brahmi • Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മി brahmi • Manipuri: ꯕ꯭ꯔꯥꯍꯃꯤ ꯁꯥꯛ brahmi-sak • Marathi: ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलब्राह्मी jalabrahmi, नीर ब्राह्मी nir brahmi • Nepali: मेधा गिरी medha giree • Odia: ବ୍ରାହ୍ମୀ brahmi, ପୃଶ୍ନି ପର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ prusni parnni • Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮੀ brahami • Rabha: mee-brami • Rajasthani: ब्राह्मी brahmi, जलबूटी jalbuti, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi • Sanskrit: ऐन्द्री aindri, ब्राह्मी brahmi, नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi, सरस्वती saraswati, तिक्तलोणिका tiktalonika • Tamil: நீர்ப்பிரமி nir-p-pirami, பிரமி pirami, பிரமியம் piramiyam, தராய் taray • Telugu: చిలకఆకు chilaka aaku, జలబ్రహ్మి jalabrahmi, నీటిబ్రాహ్మీ nitibrahmi, సాంబ్రాణి ఆకు sambrani aku • Tulu: ನೀರಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ nirbrahmi

botanical names: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. ... synonyms: listed at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

herb of grace

Wikipedia

Indian pennywort

moneywort

popular trade name, found listed in various aquarium and plant-related commercial websites

Monnier's bacopa

literal translation of the scientific name - Bacopa monnieri; Bacopa = genus name, Latinized form of the aboriginal name of plants used by the people of French Guiana ... EOL; monnieri = commemorative epithet, honouring Monnier, most likely - Louis Guillame Le Monnier, French physician, naturalist, and professor of botany at the Jardin des plantes in Paris ... Dave's Botanary

thyme-leaved gratiola

Wikipedia
name derived from one of the synonyms - Gratiola monnieri (L.) L.; and for the leaves resembling to those of thyme

water hyssop

Wikipedia
ENVIS - FRLHT
also coastal water hyssop ... GBIF

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

ব্ৰাহ্মী brahmi

XOBDO
or ব্ৰাহ্মী শাক brahmi shaak ... Wikipedia

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

আধাবিরানি adhabirani

Wikipedia
this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere

ব্রাহ্মী brahmi

Flora - Mehedi Voice
or ব্রাহ্মীশাক brahmi-shaak ... Wikipedia

ধূপকামিনী dhupakamini

Wikipedia
this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere

মালঞ্চ malancha

Wikipedia ... this name needs validation; not found mentioned elsewhere for Bacopa monnieri
name apt for Alternanthera philoxeroides, and perhaps for some other leafy vegetable(s)

~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~

thiphu maigong

Ethno medico botanical study of certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam by Dipali Deka
Wild edible aquatic and marshland angiosperms of Baksa district, BTC area, Assam, India by Namita Deka and Nilakshee Devi

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

બામ baam

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

જલબ્રાહ્મી jalabrahmi

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

જલનેવરી jalanevari

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

કડવી લૂણી kadavi luni

PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
वनौषधी [ Vanaushadi ] by Dr Madhukar Bachulkar - Cholekar

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बाम baam

for ब्राह्यी brahmi, popular ayurvedic name for Bacopa monnieri as well as Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
ENVIS - FRLHT

ब्राह्मी brahmi

जलबूटी jalbuti

ENVIS - FRLHT

जलनीम jalnim

for synonym Herpestis monnieria (L.) Kunth ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
ENVIS - FRLHT

नीरब्राह्मी nirbrahmi

ENVIS - FRLHT

पानब्राह्मी panbrahmi

ENVIS - FRLHT

सफेद चमनी safed chamani

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

કડવી નેવરી kadavi nevari

PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926 ... also નેવરી nevari

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ brahmi

ENVIS - FRLHT
Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ಜಲ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ jala brahmi

ENVIS - FRLHT
ಜಲ jala = water; named so, due to its aquatic or marshy habitat and its use as brahmi ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi

ENVIS - FRLHT
ಕಿರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ kiru brahmi = smaller brahmi; named so, due to its relatively smaller size, compared to other plant source of brahmi - Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

ನೀರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಿ niru brahmi

ENVIS - FRLHT
Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore
Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar
ನೀರು niru = water; named so, due to its aquatic or marshy habitat and its use as brahmi ... Shodhganga - Medicinal plants of Tulunadu

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

ब्राह्यी ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಿ brahmi