Hydrophylax maritima

[EfloraofIndia_170112PD01_sesuvium portulacastrum_Flora of Odisha]: 13 images.

please find one of the soil binder which help to build sand dunes to protect the soil erosion (first line defense against the storm and sea water intrusion to the agricultural fields of the villagers) followed by casuarina (second line defense) and mangroves (Third line defense). This will be a series of those plants that recently visited to check how safe the coasts are in Astaranga of Puri district of Odisha. This is the first posting of the series. Due to heavy load of field work i am not getting time to share the plants from my region. I wl try my best to highlight the ecological importance of some of these plants through my photography.

Nice set of pics …
When I do field work, I usually carry a small A4 size blackboard with a strip of graph paper pasted on one side for scale. My friend … used a velvet cloth which she used to spread on ground and put the dissected parts on the cloth to take pics. Velvet cloth doesnt shine with flash But she never used flash saying that it changes the
original colour. I remember we both used to spend hours with on our respective black things and at that time we both used film roll camera!! One roll for not more than 3 species was our logic and at the end we had thousands of pics, many of which were drastically bad. When I came to Dehradun after finishing my field work, I had a trunk of albums which i burnt during last Holi :).
Using hand in your pics make it more HANDY pic :).
Hope you understood what I meant.

… I like the way you take photographs of different species.
Another good one from you. The ecological importance written in the post is also worth.
Thanks for sharing. Keep up the work you are doing.

Quite a detailed photography

Thank you so much … for sharing:
I have done great thing today because of this; am collected this plant from Kalingapatnam beach, Srikakulam district in vegetative condition therefore wrongly identified to Peplidium maritimum.
today am realize by this presentation .

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Does this plant by any chance been given a name by locals in Andhra or Telangana?
I was not able to find any.

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I have no idea. It is found in our area also.

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Names of Plants in India :: Hydrophylax maritima L.f. : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image.

via Species‎ > ‎H‎ > Hydrophylax maritima L.f. … family: Rubiaceae

   
hy-droh-FY-laks — Greek: hydro (water); phylakos (watcher, guard) … Dave’s Botanary
muh-RIT-tim-muh or mar-ih-TEE-muh — of or from the sea … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: East Indian water-bluet • Gujarati: દરિયાઈ શંખલો dariyai shankhalo • Kachchhi: લસીઆર lasiaar
botanical names: Hydrophylax maritima L.f. … synonyms: Diodia orientalis J.Koenig ex Roxb. • Sarissus anceps Gaertn. … The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
January 13, 2019 … Chilika lake

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hy-droh-FY-laks — Greek: hydro (water); phylakos (watcher, guard) … Dave’s Botanary
muh-RIT-tim-muh or mar-ih-TEE-muh — of or from the sea … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: East Indian water-bluet • Bengali: সমুদ্র শৃঙ্খল samudra srnkhala • Gujarati: દરિયાઈ શંખલો dariyai shankhalo • Kachchhi: લસીઆર lasiaar • Kannada: ಸಾಗರ ಸರಪಳಿ saagar sarapali • Konkani: दर्याची साखळी daryaachi saakhali • Malayalam: കടൽ ചങ്ങല kadal cannala • Marathi: सागरी साखळी sagari sakhali • Odia: ସମୁଦ୍ର ଶିକୁଳି samudra sikuli • Tamil: கடல் சங்கிலி katal cankili • Telugu: సముద్ర గొలుసు samudra golusu • Tulu: ಸಮುದ್ರ ಸರಪೊಳಿ samudra sarapoli

botanical names: Hydrophylax maritima L.f. … heterotypic synonyms: Diodia orientalis J.Koenig ex Roxb. • Sarissus anceps Gaertn. … POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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East Indian water-bluet

• Flowers of India

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

* সমুদ্র শৃঙ্খল samudra srnkhala

• name coined, for want of name
• Das, Debabrata. (2014). Vegetation Ecology of Coastal belt of Khejuri area of Purba Medinipur District with special reference to Hijli coast, West Bengal, India. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR). 04. 56-77. 10.9790/3013-040202056-77.

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

દરિયાઈ શંખલો dariyai shankhalo

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

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લસીઆર lasiaar

• PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

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* ಸಾಗರ ಸರಪಳಿ saagara sarapali

• name coined, for want of name

• Many thanks to … for help with this name … efloraofindia

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 – 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

* दर्याची साखळी daryaachi saakhali

• name coined, for want of name
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 – 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

• * കടൽ ചങ്ങല kadal changala
  • name coined, for want of name
  • Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name … efloraofindia

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

* सागरी साखळी sagari sakhali

• name coined, for want of name
• The Gazetteer Department … महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

* ସମୁଦ୍ର ଶିକୁଳି samudra sikuli

• name coined, for want of name
• Odisha District Gazetteers Kendrapara
• Nayak, P.K. & Mohanta, Raj & Sahu, A.K. & Swain, K.K.. (2016). Mangroves of Mahanadi Delta in the state of Odisha and aspects of their conservation. IJCS, Volume 7, Issue 4, October-December 2016: 1095-1104

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* கடல் சங்கிலி katal cankili

• name coined, for want of name
• K.M. Matthew – William Roxburgh’s Plants of the coast of Coromandel: An enumeration of species – BLUMEA 49: 367– 405, December 2004
• The Tamil Nadu Forest Department – Plants of Tamil Nadu

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* సముద్ర గొలుసు samudra golusu

• name coined, for want of name
• Malladi, Venkateswara & C, Joshi & Dr. M, Balaji. (2020). Floristic richness of the tropical coast of northern Andhra Pradesh along Bay of Bengal, a treasure to be conserved.

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

* ಸಮುದ್ರ ಸರಪೊಳಿ samudra sarapoli

• name coined, for want of name
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 – 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

* name coined, for want of name

– the coined names in the regional languages, they all mean “the sea chain”; named so for the plant’s preferred habitat of sandy sea shore; and the long spreading strands of the plant, rooting at nodes, allude to a mass of chains

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Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/03/hydrophylax-maritima-lf.html

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I didn’t hear this Malayalam name, but the correct English spelling for ചങ്ങല is ‘Changala’ means chain. If it’s name in English translation ‘cannala’ is correct, then the correct Malayalam pronunciation or spelling is ‘കന്നല’ and I think the correct Malayalam name of this plant is same കടൽ ചങ്ങല ‘kadal changala’.

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I didn’t hear this Malayalam name, but the correct English spelling for ചങ്ങല is ‘Changala’ means chain.  If it’s name in English translation ‘cannala’ is correct, then the correct Malayalam pronunciation or spelling is ‘കന്നല’ and I think the correct Malayalam name of this plant is same കടൽ ചങ്ങല ‘kadal changala’.

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Kannada name is apt. However, the English transliteration for ಸಾಗರ is sagara. This may be incorporated if agreeable.

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 a succulent for i.d. – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 4 posts by 2 authors.
Sending once again for i.d., A succulent from Golden Beach, Puri.

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Could it be Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum), commonly found on sea-shores- Flowers of India
Check out other images on the web.
(just got a thought from … s reply against … mail today)

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It is not a Sesuvium. It is more likely a Mesembrianthemum, as … suggested.

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Hydrophylax maritima, Rubiaceae member,

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