*Coccinia grandis * (L.) Voigt


   - *kok-SIN-ee-uh* -- red; often spelled coccinea
   *GRAN-dees* or *GRAN-dis* -- large or spectacular
   ... Dave's 
Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg>


[image: Tondali (Marathi:
तोंडली)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F423969177%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze_nCShawUxKT_mWIVnACgt-dCdBw>
[image:
Ivy 
Gourd]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F423970109%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcgZ3ZNPYbol58SqeJVae3JUbi2wQ>
Mar 11, 2007 ... Chota Kashmir near Aarey Milk colony, Mumbai


*commonly known as*: gentleman's toes, ivy gourd • *Hindi*: कुन्द्रू
kunduru • *Kannada*: ತೊಂಡೆ tonde • *Konkani*: तेंड्ले tendale • *Malayalam*:
കോവയ്ക്ക kovakkai • *Marathi*: बिंब bimba, तेंडली tendali, तोंडली tondli • *
Punjabi*: ਕੰਦੂਰੀ kanduri • *Sanskrit*: बिम्बफल bimbaphala, तुंडिका tundika
• *Tamil*: கோவை kovai • *Telugu*: bimbika, దొండ donda

*Native to*: Africa, Asia and Australia

*References*: Flowers of
India<http://www,flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Ivy%20Gourd.html>•
TopTropicals<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoptropicals.com%2Fcatalog%2Fuid%2Fcoccinia_grandis.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeR_ZXq1SMMLZFVvfFOp06Z9K3evw>•
Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCoccinia_grandis&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc8RJDVorL9e1RwWVkZLOhbkr7Sog>•
Dave's
Garden<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fpf%2Fgo%2F32030%2Findex.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzePSsQiyWcoJ5kPnf0nHRr6ik8lcA>•
M.M.P.N.D.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au%2FSorting%2FCoccinia.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcxiqnsBZcULDzJUXRsbuMDBC1Udg>
• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar


*more views*:

   - Jul 11, 2009 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra
   [image: Bimbika (in
Telugu)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3710234404%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcL0eCFRlshdd9ifeFFj2nXdmDkEQ>
   - Feb 26, 2011 ... in Bassein fort, Maharashtra
   [image: Bimbaphala (Sanskrit:
बिम्बफल)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5486084542%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdHDugf70AC7CEfkVxTgbFAhwI5mQ>
[image:
   Kanduri (Punjabi:
ਕੰਦੂਰੀ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5486088928%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfinKuoRbkv9ZWoPItKQi27-cOUzQ>
   - Jul 11, 2009 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra
   [image: Kova (in
Malayalam)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3709427381%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd35utQ9ujXhUVgeRx7e5LnoySTIA>
   - Sep 23, 2007 ... at Pirojshanagar, Mumbai
   [image: Kovai (Tamil:
கோவை)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1427389068%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcjDKVnYwGR_mp5WROuaQ0GjU_Mtg>





Regards.
Dinesh

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