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 Latin nameTrichosanthes lobata Roxb.
 FamilyCucurbitaceae
 Identified with (Skt)paṭolā, tiktapaṭolā
 Identified with (Hin)jaṅgalī ciciṇḍā, tikta ciciṇḍā
 Identified with (Tam)kāṭṭupēppuṭal, pēppuṭal
 Identified with (Mal)paṭōlam, kaypanpaṭōlam, kāṭṭupaṭōlam, pēppaṭōlam
 Identified with (Eng)Wild snake gourd, Bitter snake gourd
 Botanical infoA slender annual monoecious climber growing throughout India in plains and lower hills, also cultivated, leaves simple, flowers white, fruits ovoid, fusiform, indehiscent berries, scarlet red when ripe
 Search occurrencepaṭolā, tiktapaṭolā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageTrichosanthes lobata Roxb. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 579)
paṭola, m. (cf. paTu, paTuka) Trichosanthes Dioeca; n. its fruit, Suśr. Pañc.; a kind of cloth, L.; (ī), f. a species of small cucumber, L.


 
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