Cucurbitaceae Week :: Trichosanthes cucumerina at Vaghbil

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Dinesh Valke

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Apr 3, 2012, 11:45:31 AM4/3/12
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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

Padavalanga (in Malayalam)
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 IndiaWikipediaM.M.P.N.D.DDSAFurther Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar


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  • Sep 19, 2009 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
    Jungli Padwal (Marathi: जंगली पडवल) Adavi-potla (Telugu: అడవిపొట్ల) Kattuppeypputal (Tamil: காட்டுப்பேய்ப்புடல்) Wild Snake Gourd

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Dinesh

Nidhan Singh

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Apr 3, 2012, 11:59:32 AM4/3/12
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Very beautiful Dinesh Ji...


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Gurcharan Singh

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Apr 3, 2012, 12:58:18 PM4/3/12
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Very crisp photographs Dinesh  ji

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ushadi Micromini

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Apr 3, 2012, 1:37:17 PM4/3/12
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Very nice photography ...

love it
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