- 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 IPNI) : Trichosanthes cucumerina L.
- Common name : Wild Snake Gourd, Malabar Patola
- Vernacular name :
- Parval, Jangli Chachinda (Hindi)
- Padavala kai, Kahi padavala (Kannada)
- Cheti potla (Telugu)
- Ban potol (Oria)
- Janglichachinda, Kattupadavalam, Kayappanpadavalam, Patolam, Padavalam (Malayalam)
- Peppadal (Tamil)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Margins of Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Cultivated for its edible fruits. The cultivated form of this species T. Cucumarina var. anguina
- Flower, Fruit : June-May
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Krishna district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Karauli districtI,Sawai Madhopur districtR
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Benin, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Comoros, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Leeward Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Windward Islands
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Trichosanthes cucumerina. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.
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