Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Trichosanthes cucumerina
Scientific Name and Description
Trichosanthes cucumerina L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Anguina cucumerina (L.) Kuntze
Cucumis anguinus (L.) L.
Involucraria anguina (L.) M.Roem.
Trichosanthes ambrozii Domin
Trichosanthes anguina L.
Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu
Trichosanthes colubrina J.Jacq.
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (L.) Haines
Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu
Trichosanthes pedatifolia Miq.
Trichosanthes petala Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Cucumis anguinus (L.) L.
Involucraria anguina (L.) M.Roem.
Trichosanthes ambrozii Domin
Trichosanthes anguina L.
Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu
Trichosanthes colubrina J.Jacq.
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (L.) Haines
Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu
Trichosanthes pedatifolia Miq.
Trichosanthes petala Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | snake gourd |
| Hindi | caccinda, jangli chachinda, jangli chichonda, jangli-chi-chonda, janglichachinda, janglichichonda, paraval, rambel |
| Kannada | adla balli, adla kaayi, bettada padavala, bettada-padavala, bettadapadavala, hadla kaayi, kaadaadlu balli, kaadupadavala, kahai padavala, kahi padaval, kahi padavala, kahi podla, kahipadavala, kiri padavala, kiri podla, kiripodla, sanna padava |
| Malayalam | kaippam-patolam, kaippampatolam, kaippanpatavalam, kattupatavalam, katupatolam, neipadavalam, padavalam, patavalam, patavalanna, pepatolam |
| Marathi | jangli padavala, janglipadavala, jangliparela, kaadu padavala, kadupadavala, padaaval, padual, pauli, perula, ranachapadavali, ranpadavala, ranpadavali, ranparull, tarakaankadee |
| Sanskrit | a, amritaphala, bijagarbha, cicindah, jvaranashana, jyotsna, kachhughni, kachhura, kadupatola, karkasacchadah, karkashachhada, karkashadala, kasabhanjanpatola, kasamaradana, katuka, katupatola, katuphala, kulaja, kulaka, kulakah, kushtari, kushthaha, lataphala, nagaphala, pancharajiphala, panduka, panduphala, panjura, patola, patolah, patolam, patri, pratika, rajapatola, rajimana, rajiphala, svadupatolah, tiktabhadraka, tiktaka, tiktottama, uttundiki, vajimana, varatikta |
| Tamil | alakaipputal, alakaipputol, amurtapalam, amurtatalakkoti, ankurattai, cikkacca, cikkaram, cikkarapputol, ciromanimatu, cirupala, cirupalapputar, cotuparipuntu, curekakkoti, curekam, icimalakkoti, icipalam, iracapalai, iracapalam, iracavarnam, itupalam, ituputal, karapputal, karapputol, kattup peipudal, kattup-pepudal, kattup-peyp-putal, kattuppeyppudal, kattuppeypputal, kattuppeypputalai, kattupputal, kattupputalankoti, katu peypputal, katutittakam, katutittam, kelucicantanam, kulaka, kulakam, kulakapputol, kulakayam, kulakkayakkoti, mirutapali, mituputalai, nattumatarai, nattuppeypputal, naypputal, naypputel, naypputol, pai-pudal, patailokam, patolakakkoti, patolakam, patolam1, patolanki, patolraci, pay pudal, paypudal, peai pudal, peipudal, pepadal, pepputal, perumputal, perumputarkoti, pey-pudal, peyppudal, peypputal, peypputalankoti, peypputol, peyputal, peyucitakkoti, pirottapantu, pudal, pudel, putal, putalattilakkam, putaval, takapittacamani, tilartatturuti, tinnakkay, tittacam, titticapputarkoti, tittikamutkaru, ututtiyankai, vatanali, vatarokari, venkompupputal, visaaveni, yalaranalaku |
| Telugu | adavi potla, adavi-potla, adavipolla, adavipotla, chaynd-potla, chayndpolla, chayudpottah, chedu-potla, chedupotla, chethipotala, cheti-potla, chetipotla, chyapotla, gingaaptal, lingapotla, patolamu, pitchuka potla, polla kaayi, potalamu, potla, potla kaayi, potlakaya |
| Common Names | snake gourd[note, serpent gourd, chichinda, padwal, Snake Tomato |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Fruits
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Trichosanthes cucumerina L
Habit - Climber
Parts used - Fruit, leaves
Application - Respiratory disorder; skin disease
Treatment - General
References - Wagh and Jain 2015
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Wagh and Jain 2015
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Trichosanthes cucumerina. (2024, June 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosanthes_cucumerina