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-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » *Trichosanthes cucumerina* > *Synonyms*: *Trichosanthes anguina, Trichosanthes lobata* > > > *try-kos-ANTH-us* -- from the Greek *trichos* (hairy) and *anthos*(flowers) > *koo-KOO-may-ree-nuh* -- related to cucumber - from the Greek *kykyon * > > > *the wild variety cucumerina, *commonly known as: wild snake gourd • > Hindi: जंगली चिचोण्डा jangli chichonda, कड़वा परवर kadva parvar, pudel • > Marathi: जंगली पडवल jungli padwal, कडू पडवळ kadu padwal, पडोळ padol • > Sanskrit: पटोल patola • Tamil: காட்டுப்பேய்ப்புடல் kattuppeypputal • Telugu: > అడవిపొట్ల adavipotla > > *the cultivated variety anguina, *commonly known as: long tomato, serpent > cucumber, snake gourd, snake tomato, viper gourd • Bengali: চিচিঙা > chichinga, চিচিঙে chichinge • Gujarati: પંડોળું pandolu • Hindi: चिचिण्डा > chichinda • Kannada: ಪಡವಲ ಕಾಯಿ paduvalakaayi • Konkani: पोड्डाळे poddale • > Malayalam: ജ്യോത്സ്നി jyoothsni, പടവലങ്ങ patavalanga, തിക്തകം thikthakam • > Marathi: पडवल or पडवळ padwal, पडोळ padol • Oriya: chachindra • Punjabi: ਗਾਲਰ > ਤੌਰੀ galar tori, ਪੰਡੋਲ or ਪੰਦੋਲ pandol • Sanskrit: चिचिण्डकः chichindakah • > Tamil: புடல் putal • Telugu: పొట్లకాయ potlakaaya • Urdu: چچنڐا cicinda > > > *Native of*: s China, Indian subcontinent, Malesia, n Australia > > > *Edible use*: > >> ... unripe (strikingly long) fruit (as VEGETABLE) >> > > > *white paper reading at*: Global Research > online<http://globalresearchonline.net/volume1issue2/Article%20011.pdf> >
