Plant Details

Accepted name:: Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi-patola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amirtapalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bijagarbha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dummella	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
kacamarttakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu parval	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kadu-padvala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahi-padavala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambupotala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkasacchada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karkashchhada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karkkacatalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-potolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kocatakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kombu-pudalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kombuppudalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kommu patolia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kommu potla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kommu-potla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kommupotla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kompupputal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kuttakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musu musukai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pa-to-la	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pallava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palwal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
parvagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parval	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
parvar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parvara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parwal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
parwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
patol	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
patola	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
patolah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patoza	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
peypputalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyu-padal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piluparnika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pointed gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
potol	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
putalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putulika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raajiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rajanama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajapatola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supathya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrittabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild snake guard	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aerial parts, fruit, leaves, root, seed	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Root, Leaf		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anguina dioica (Roxb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 254 (1891).
Trichosanthes dioica var. sagittifolia Chakrav. Rec. Bot. Surv. India 17: 55 (1959).
Trichosanthes officinalis Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 38 (1834).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Trichosanthes dioica	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Trichosanthes dioica Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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