Latin name | Trichosanthes lobata Roxb. | Family | Cucurbitaceae | 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 info | A 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 occurrence | paṭolā, tiktapaṭolā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | See plant's image | Trichosanthes lobata Roxb. in Google image search | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | 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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