Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.
  • Common name : Pointed Gourd
  • Vernacular name : Potol, Patal (Oria); Parwal (Hindi); Kommupotla (Telugu)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • World Distribution : Cultivated in warmer parts of India
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Trichosanthes dioica. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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