[efloraofindia:34416] Trichosanthes dioica From Jattal Panipat

Balkar Arya

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May 9, 2010, 2:40:15 PM5/9/10

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Dear All
Trichosanthes dioica From Jattal Panipat Photo On 29-4-10
A cucurbitaceae vine
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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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tanay bose

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May 9, 2010, 8:36:56 PM5/9/10

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Great Catch , We call this plant "POTOL" in bengali .

Tanay

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Gurcharan Singh

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May 9, 2010, 9:42:16 PM5/9/10

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Tanay

You are tempting me to give names in other languages. Sans: putulika; Hindi, Punjabi: parwal; Beng: potol; Guj. & Oryia: patal; Tel: kommupotla; Tam: kombu-pudalai; Kan: kaadu-padavala; Ma: patolam

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tanay bose

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May 9, 2010, 11:03:01 PM5/9/10

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Ha Ha Ha ha

tanay

tanay bose

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May 9, 2010, 11:11:09 PM5/9/10

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The roots of T dioica are extremely poisonous but the shoot portion has medicinal properties as well as taken as a leafy vegetable in Bengal but it's bitter to taste we call it " Palta".

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Tanay

Balkar Arya

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May 10, 2010, 1:02:19 AM5/10/10

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Thanks Gurcharan Ji and Tanay for info

tanay bose

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May 10, 2010, 1:12:06 AM5/10/10

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Welcome Ji Happy to help

Tanay

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Balkar Arya <balka...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Gurcharan Ji and Tanay for info

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

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Satish Phadke

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May 10, 2010, 11:53:05 AM5/10/10

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Is this the edible Parwal(पडवळ ) or wild ?
Dr Phadke

Gurcharan Singh

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May 10, 2010, 1:11:50 PM5/10/10

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Satish ji

The wild growing species is edible (fruits as well as leaves), and sometimes also grown to limited extent.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

Balkar Arya

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Aug 26, 2011, 10:28:20 AM8/26/11

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More Pics from same area

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Balkar Arya

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Sep 3, 2011, 10:10:11 PM9/3/11

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Fruits from ITI Ganour Campus sonipat

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