English equivalents of Kannada names of invasive species of plants

english names please: I am working on a document which contains the invasive species of plants in and around forests and villages of Karnataka. I have the local kannada names, but I need the english equivalents to them. Could someone please help?? The names are Kalli, Gandhi mullu, chagate/ chogate, Puliguthi.  Please do let me know as soon as possible. Thanks in advance !

Your query is precisely what stimulates people like .. and I, among others, towards developing banks of names. It will eventually help queries such as yours to be answered. At this point if you do not give us anymore clue it is very much a matter of luck if one finds those names, written as they are (there are many versions of the same name, more so when not in script). I have tried a few databases with lists of Kannada names but can’t find any of the 5 you mention. If I had the time I would spend a whole day searching and I may find something. Have you tried your local Department of Agriculture or equivalent, any weed expert in a local University?
Try to contact Dr. Ganesh he runs a site with Kannada names of plants used in Ayurvedic medicine. here is his e-mail: … I cannot find the URL of the site right at the minute but it may be easier to contact him directly. Tell him that … gave you his address.
You need either the English name or the Botanical name in order to do extensive searches that will generate something.

… just as … says – the reverse approach of name gathering can be more of agonizing than enthusiastic.
You may attempt contacting Dr Ganesh referred by Mic.
You may also bookmark FRLHT’s database — http://envis.frlht.org/ver_search.php – an exhaustive database of Indian Medicinal Plants.
Here are some species that could be yours:
Caution: there are many more species that yielded in search results – with the keyword appearing as suffix / prefix.
1. kalli

Opuntia dillenii (KER-GAMIER) HAW.
kalli(Kannada), mullkalli(Kannada), papasakalli(Kannada), papasikalli(Kannada), papaskalli(Kannada), papasukalli(Kannada), pappaskalli(Kannada), sappattikalli(Kannada), shivaram-kalli(Kannada), sivaramakalli(Kannada), sivaramukalli(Kannada)

3. chagate

4. puliguthi – yielded zero results, though guthi as a suffix yielded few.

Perhaps things could have been more accurate if you had supplied the scientific names of the intended plants. The regional names tend to overlap.