Dear all, Bit of clarification from my side. 1.) Trichosanthes dioica Roxb is botanical name listed for patola in all Ayurvedic texts. there is supposed to be a bitter variety. 2.) Root is used extensively in cardiac medicines. 3.) seed is spermicidal when eaten We have used it in cardiac vessel block with very good results.
It is non toxic to humans Dr.Ganesha Kumar Ayurveda acharya On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:38 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Good evening Sir > > While PATOL (fruits) and PALTA (leaves) can be enjoyed in various ways > PATOL TOLA is strictly No No ! For, PATOL TOLA (TOLA = picking up) in > Bengali means leaving this beautiful world for ever! > > And Tanay Ji informs the deadly poisonous contents of its roots in - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/9LTzrdxD_6I/discussion. I > have also heard it many a times. > > Searched and found these - > > - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111694/ > - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22545421 > - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20695728 > > These days i check both The Plant List and GRIN for any botanical name. > > Thank you very much. > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Surajit ji >> Perhaps it is better to ignore The Plant List totally for unresolved >> names (as I have mentioned many times that it is their misfortune if they >> are not able to understand a particular taxon). Even for plants which they >> claim to have resolved, many of their conclusions or just laughable. In >> some cases they list a name (combination) as accepted name but don't list >> basionym as synonym. Many names are totally missing from the The Plant >> List. In other cases some species are shown in one genus others in >> different one. Perhaps I am tired of pointing out to them, so I simply >> ignore. >> Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. is well established name: >> >> >> http://www.phcogrev.com/article.asp?issn=0973-7847;year=2012;volume=6;issue=11;spage=61;epage=67;aulast=Kumar >> >> http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?314328 >> >> So just enjoy your PATOL >> >> It is better to compare GRIN and Flora of China entries with the Plant >> List and if there is any conflict better follow the former. >> >> >> -- >> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:57 PM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Good morning >>> >>> The Plant List is amazing! One of the most popular veg. in West Bengal >>> is PATOL, yet The Plant List reckons it as an unresolved name - >>> http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2433209 !!! Why? Is it >>> because there is another *T. dioica* - >>> http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2433208, and that too >>> unresolved? >>> >>> Well, whatever the Latin name of this plant is it is PATOL for sure. You >>> can eat it fried, make curry with potato - ALU-PATOL, prepare delicious >>> PATOLER DOLMA. And if your are invited to any Bengali marriage ceremony the >>> menu certainly will start with LUCHI (PURI) and PATOL-BHAJA. You can take >>> breakfast with POLTA and MURI, POLTA is bitter tasted leaves of this plant >>> fried with BESAN as TELEBHAJA !!! >>> >>> According to The Bengal Plants, Prain, p 517, :- >>> >>> *Trichosanthes dioica* >>> Roxb<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?314328>.; >>> F.I. iii. 701; F. B. I. ii. 609; E.D.T. 586. >>> In all the provinces. >>> A rather extensive climber. *Hind.* PALWAL; *Beng.* PATOL; *Uriya* >>> PATAL. >>> >>> The photos were recorded yesterday, a cultivated species in Hooghly. >>> >>> Thank you & Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > -- > > > > -- Dr.ganesh Kumar Dr.Vijaya lakshmi Vignesh Ayurvedic clinic 13th A main, 50ft road Hanumantha Nagara; Near railway booking counter Bangalore 560050 Ph: 9480514378 Ph: 9480514387 080-22428739 080-22420582 --
