Cucurbitaceae Week :: Trichosanthes cucumerina at Vaghbil

[Dinesh Valke]

Trichosanthes cucumerina L.

• try-kos-ANTH-us -- from the Greek trichos (hairy) and anthos (flowers)
  koo-KOO-may-ree-nuh -- related to cucumber - from the Greek kykyon
  ... Dave's Botanary
  

Sep 19, 2009 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra

the wild variety cucumerina, commonly known as: wild snake gourd • Hindi: जंगली चिचोण्डा jangli chichonda, कड़वा परवर kadva parvar, pudel • Marathi: जंगली पडवल jungli padwal, कडू पडवळ kadu padwal, पडोळ padol • Sanskrit: पटोल patola • Tamil: காட்டுப்பேய்ப்புடல் kattuppeypputal • Telugu: అడవిపొట్ల adavipotla


the cultivated variety anguina, commonly known as: long tomato, serpent cucumber, snake gourd, snake tomato, viper gourd • Bengali: চিচিঙা chichinga, চিচিঙে chichinge • Gujarati: પંડોળું pandolu • Hindi: चिचिण्डा chichinda • Kannada: ಪಡವಲ ಕಾಯಿ paduvalakaayi • Konkani: पोड्डाळे poddale • Malayalam: ജ്യോത്സ്നി jyoothsni, പടവലങ്ങ patavalanga, തിക്തകം thikthakam • Marathi: कडूपडवळ kadupadval, पडवल or पडवळ padwal, पडोळ padol • Oriya: chachindra • Punjabi: ਗਾਲਰ ਤੌਰੀ galar tori, ਪੰਡੋਲ or ਪੰਦੋਲ pandol • Sanskrit: चिचिण्डकः chichindakah • Tamil: புடல் putal • Telugu: పొట్లకాయ potlakaaya • Urdu: چچنڐا cicinda


Native of: s China, Indian subcontinent, Malesia, n Australia

References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • M.M.P.N.D. • DDSA • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar


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• Sep 19, 2009 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
  

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Regards.
Dinesh

[Nidhan Singh]

Very beautiful Dinesh Ji...

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Very crisp photographs Dinesh  ji

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[ushadi Micromini]

Very nice photography ...

love it
Usha di
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