Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Trichosanthes dioica
Scientific Name and Description
Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Anguina dioica (Roxb.) Kuntze
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | palval, palwal, parvar, parwal |
| Kannada | kahi-padavala |
| Malayalam | kattu-potolam, patolam |
| Marathi | kadu-padvala, palwal, parwar |
| Sanskrit | bijagarbha, karkasa, karkasacchada, kulaka, meki, pallava, parvagi, parvara, patola, patolah, patolam, patoli, piluparnika, putulika, rajanama, rajapatola, rajiphala, supathya, vrittabija |
| Tamil | amirtapalai, kacamarttakam, karkkacatalam, kocatakam, kombu-pudalai, kombuppudalai, kompupputal, kuttakantam, musu musukai, peypputalai, peyu-padal, putalai |
| Telugu | adavi-patola, kambupotala, kommu potla, kommu-potla, kommupotla |
| Tibetan | pa-to-la |
| Common Name | pointed gourd, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Tibetan
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.
Habit -Climber
Parts used -Fruit, leaves, stem
Application -Edible
Treatment -General
References -Bhagat et al. 2016
References
Literature
Literature
Bhagat et al. 2016
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
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 dioica. (2024, July 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosanthes_dioica