Cucurbitaceae
Pointed gourd
Trichosanthes dioica
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Trichosanthes
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- بروال
- arz
- بروال
- Assamese
- পটল, পটোল
- Bangla
- পটল
- English
- Pointed gourd
- Gujarati
- પરવળ
- Hindi
- परवल
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുപടവലം, പടോലം, വനപടവലം
- Nepali
- परबर
- Odia
- ପୋଟଳ
- Persian
- پاتولا
- sat
- ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱞ
Synonyms
- Anguina dioeca Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Engr.Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.