Latin name | Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. | Family | Cucurbitaceae | Identified with (Skt) | dhāmārgava, svādukośātakī | Identified with (Hin) | torī, kālī torī | Identified with (Tam) | pīkkaṅkāy, pīrkkaṅkāy | Identified with (Mal) | pīccil, pīcciṅṅa | Identified with (Eng) | Ridged gourd, Ribbed gourd | Botanical info | A large monoecious climber, leaves orbicular-cordate, flowers yellow, fruits oblong-clavate with 10 sharp angles, 15 - 30 cm long, seeds black, cultivated all over India | Search occurrence | dhāmārgava, svādukośātakī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | See plant's image | Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. in Google image search | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 515) dhāmārgava, m. Luffa Foetida or a similar plant, Suśr.; Achyranthes Aspera, L.; patr. of Vadiśa, Car.
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