Cucurbitaceae
Ivy gourd
Coccinia grandis
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Coccinia
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Common names
By language (39)
- Arabic
- كبر هندي
- arz
- جرانديز كوكسينيا
- Bangla
- তেলাকুচা, কুচিলা
- Burmese
- ကင်းပုံပင်
- Chinese
- 紅瓜, 红瓜, 印度紅瓜, 印度红瓜
- Dutch
- Tindola
- English
- Ivy gourd, Baby watermelon, Gentleman's toes, Little gourd, Scarlet gourd
- Esperanto
- Tindolo
- Gujarati
- ટિંડોળી
- hif
- Kundru
- Hindi
- कुंदुरी
- Indonesian
- Kemarungan
- Japanese
- ヤサイカラスウリ
- kai
- Rîɓso
- Kannada
- ತೊಂಡೆ
- Konkani
- तेंडली
- Korean
- 아이비고드
- Lao
- ຕຳນິນ
- Macedonian
- Голема кокцинија
- mad
- Pas-pasan, Tèmon tèkos
- Maithili
- तिलकोर
- Malay
- Timun padang
- Malayalam
- കോവൽ
- Marathi
- तोंडले
- Nepali
- गोल काँक्री
- Persian
- پیچک کدو
- Romanian
- Tărtăcuță
- Sanskrit
- बिम्बफलम्
- sat
- ᱠᱩᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈၶိူဝ်းၽၵ်းၶႅပ်ႉ, တူၼ်ႈၽၵ်းၶႅပ်ႉ, မၢၵ်ႇၶိူဝ်ၶႅဝ်း, မၢၵ်ႇၽၵ်းၶႅပ်ႉ, ၽၵ်းၶႅပ်ႉ
- Sindhi
- ڪدو جو گل
- Sinhala
- කෝවක්කා
- syl
- ꠇꠣꠃꠀꠟꠥꠟꠤ ꠉꠣꠍ, ꠇꠣꠃꠀꠟꠥꠟꠤ
- Tamil
- கொவ்வை, கோவை
- tcy
- ಮನೊಳಿ
- Telugu
- దొండ కాయ
- Thai
- ตำลึง
- Tongan
- Vaine fakafulutāmakiaʻi
- Vietnamese
- Bình bát dây, Dưa dại
Synonyms
- Bryonia acerifolia D.Dietr.
- Bryonia alceifolia Willd.
- Bryonia barbata Buch.-Ham. ex Cogn.
- Bryonia grandis L.
- Bryonia moimoi Ser.
- Bryonia sinuosa Wall.
- Cephalandra grandis Kurz
- Cephalandra indica Naudin
- Cephalandra moghadd (Asch.) Broun & R.E.Massey
- Cephalandra schimperi Naudin
- Coccinia grandis var. wightiana (M.Roem.) Greb.
- Coccinia helenae Buscal. & Muschl.
- Coccinia indica Wight & Arn.
- Coccinia loureiroana M.Roem.
- Coccinia moghadd (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Asch.
- Coccinia moimoi M.Roem.
- Coccinia palmatisecta Kotschy
- Coccinia schimperi Naudin
- Coccinia wightiana M.Roem.
- Cucumis pavel Kostel.
- Cucurbita dioica Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
- Cucurbita schimperiana Hochst. ex Cogn.
- Luffa moghadd (Forssk.) Peterm.
- Momordica bicolor Blume
- Momordica covel Dennst.
- Momordica monadelpha Roxb.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 522 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Niels Raes, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vijay Barve, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Praveen J, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.