Garundi / Joy Weed
Alternanthera sessilis
Also known as Dwarf Copperleaf, Sessile Joy Weed
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Garundi
Identify Garundi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Very common weedy roadside/wetland herb.
- Confirm leaf shape: Narrow linear.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Alternanthera sessilis
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world
- Distribution
- Tropics & sub-tropics of the World
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Narrow linearrecorded
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“Leaves obovate to broadly elliptic, occasionally linear-lanceolate, 1–15 cm long, 0.3–3 cm wide, glabrous to sparsely villous, petioles 1–5 mm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Garundi itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“Flowers in sessile spikes, bract and bracteoles shiny white, 0.7–1.5 mm long, glabrous;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Garundi itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- गरूण्डी Garundi, गूधड़ीसाग Gudrisag, गुड़रू Gurroo, Geluti
- Nepali
- आँख्ले झार Aankhe jhaar, भाले भृंगराज Bhaale bhringaraaj, भिरिंगी झार Bhiringi jhaar, Bhirangijhar
- Bengali
- গোলসাঁচি Golsanchi, মাটি কন্দুরি Mati kanduri, সাঁচিশাক Sanchishak
- Tamil
- பொன்னாங்கண்ணி Ponnankanni, உடுகாட்டி Utu-katti, Mukunnuwanna
- Telugu
- మదనగంటి Madanaganti, పొన్నగంటికూర Ponna-gantikura, పొన్నగంటి కూర
- Kannada
- ಹೊನಗೊನೆ Honagone, Honganne, ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು
- Malayalam
- കൊഴുപ്പ Kozhuppa, പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി Ponnaankanni, പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി
- Marathi
- बेचकुसळ Bechkusal, कांचरी Kanchari, Koypa
About Garundi
Joy Weed (Alternanthera sessilis) is a herb in the Amaranthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Assam and 22 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Garundi belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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