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'''Patola''' is a perennial, climbing plant producing stems that can sprawl over the ground or climb into other plants for support, attaching themselves by means of tendrils. The plant has been cultivated, especially in eastern India, for over 2,000 years. Its edible fruit is highly prized in India
==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Anorexia}}, {{Uses|Itching}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Cough and cold}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kahi-padavala|ml=kattu-potolam, patolam|sa=bijagarbha, karkasa, karkasacchada, kulaka, meki, patola, rajiphala|ta=kombu-pudalai, musu musukai, peypputalai|te=adavi-patola, kambupotala, kommu potla|hi=palval, palwal, parvar|en=Pointed gourd}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Climber}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves 7.5cm long, ovate oblong, cordate, rigid, rough on both surfaces.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Axillary|White||Flowers are dioceous, male not racemed, woolly outside. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A pepo|5 - 9cm|| oblong or nearly spherical,
smooth, orange red when ripe|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Kattupadavala leaf.jpg
File:Trichosanthes dioica at Virajpet (1).jpg
File:Trichosanthes dioica.JPG
File:കാട്ടുപടവലം.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2013/02/08/pointed-gourd-health-benefits-usage-ayurveda-details/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/patola-trichosanthes-dioica
* https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/patola-trichosanthes-dioica
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Trichosanthes+dioica
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Climber]]
'''Patola''' is a perennial, climbing plant producing stems that can sprawl over the ground or climb into other plants for support, attaching themselves by means of tendrils. The plant has been cultivated, especially in eastern India, for over 2,000 years. Its edible fruit is highly prized in India
==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Anorexia}}, {{Uses|Itching}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Cough and cold}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kahi-padavala|ml=kattu-potolam, patolam|sa=bijagarbha, karkasa, karkasacchada, kulaka, meki, patola, rajiphala|ta=kombu-pudalai, musu musukai, peypputalai|te=adavi-patola, kambupotala, kommu potla|hi=palval, palwal, parvar|en=Pointed gourd}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Climber}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves 7.5cm long, ovate oblong, cordate, rigid, rough on both surfaces.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Axillary|White||Flowers are dioceous, male not racemed, woolly outside. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A pepo|5 - 9cm|| oblong or nearly spherical,
smooth, orange red when ripe|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Kattupadavala leaf.jpg
File:Trichosanthes dioica at Virajpet (1).jpg
File:Trichosanthes dioica.JPG
File:കാട്ടുപടവലം.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2013/02/08/pointed-gourd-health-benefits-usage-ayurveda-details/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/patola-trichosanthes-dioica
* https://www.planetayurveda.com/library/patola-trichosanthes-dioica
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Trichosanthes+dioica
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Climber]]
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