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Coccinia grandis

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Coccinia
Species: C. grandis
Binomial name
Coccinia grandis
(L.) J. Voigt

Coccinia grandis, also called tindora (tindori, tindoori), giloda, kundri, kundru, kowai, kovai, tindla, gentleman's toes (compare lady's fingers), thainli or ivy gourd, is a tropical vine grown for its small edible fruits. They may be eaten immature and green, or mature and deep red. The young shoots and leaves may also be eaten as greens. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families Cucurbitaceae (gourd family) Begoniaceae (begonia family) Datiscaceae Tetramelaceae Corynocarpaceae Coriariaceae Anisophylleaceae The Cucurbitales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. ... Genera Abobra Acanthosicyos Actinostemma Alsomitra Ampelosycios Anacaona Apatzingania Apodanthera Bambekea Benincasa Biswarea Bolbostemma Brandegea Bryonia Calycophysum Cayaponia Cephalopentandra Ceratosanthes Chalema Cionosicyos Citrullus Coccinia Cogniauxia Corallocarpus Cremastopus Ctenolepis Cucumella Cucumeropsis Cucumis Cucurbita Cucurbitella Cyclanthera Dactyliandra Dendrosicyos Dicoelospermum Dieterlea Diplocyclos Doyerea Ecballium Echinocystis Echinopepon Edgaria Elateriopsis Eureiandra Fevillea Gerrardanthus Gomphogyne Gurania Guraniopsis... Species (Ethiopian scarlet gourd) C. grandis (ivy gourd or tindora) The Scarlet gourds comprise the small genus Coccinia, best known for the cultivated crop C. grandis, the Ivy gourd or Tindora. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Lady finger, ladys finger, or ladyfinger may refer to: Okra Lady Finger (cocktail) Lady Finger (cookie) Ladyfinger grape Polygonum persicaria - more commonly called ladys thumb Mammillaria elongata - a species of cactus in the genus Mammillaria Lady Finger (firecracker) - a kind of firecracker that is smaller than normal but... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... In botany, the shoot is one of two primary sections of a plant; the other is the root. ... “Foliage” redirects here. ... Fresh Swiss chard Fresh water spinach Creamed spinach Steamed kale Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. ...


Older botanical sources may call this plant C. cordifolia.


The fruit is eaten in Indian cuisine. Indian cuisine is distinguished by its sophisticated use of spices, herbs, and the influence of the longstanding and widespread practice of vegetarianism within sections of the Hindu community in Indian society. ...


See also

It is used for sabji. Binomial name Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangale Synonyms The tinda, also called Indian round gourd, is an annual vine grown for its immature fruit, a vegetable especially popular in South Asia. ... Sabji or Sabzi is a Hindi/Urdu, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Marathi, Punjabi word that refers to a vegetable and spicy sauce dish. ...


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  • Information at the University of Hawai'i
  • Image at FoodWeb, University of Birmingham, UK
  • Multilingual taxonomic information from the University of Melbourne
Female and male flowers


 
 

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