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Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd, also known as scarlet gourd, [2] is a tropical vine.It grows primarily in tropical climates and is commonly found in the Indian states where it forms a part of the local cuisine.
Tinda can be confused with tendli or kundru due to similar-sounding names from different languages and regions. In Punjabi, Hindi, and most other North Indian languages, the word tinda means "Indian baby pumpkin."
Coccinia grandis is the only one distributed also out of Africa, its immature fruits are consumed cooked as a vegetable, [2] ripe fuits are edible raw. [ 2 ] References
Indian vegetable markets and grocery stores get their wholesale supplies from suppliers belonging to various regions/ethnicities from all over India and elsewhere, and the food suppliers/packagers mostly use sub-ethnic, region-specific item/ingredient names on the respective signs/labels used to identify specific vegetables, fruits, grains and ...
The Most Surprising Fruits Commonly Mistaken for Vegetables. AOL.com Editors. Updated October 16, 2017 at 4:33 PM. ... In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. People.
Common names can differ by location. The varieties included below are members of the following species: C. argyrosperma; C. ficifolia; C. maxima; C. moschata; C. pepo; The entries below are predominantly based on the SysTax database. [1] Not all have the 'accepted' status in the ITIS database. [2]
Alongside Nepal, it is also popular cuisine in Sikkim and few regions of India, Bhutan, Myanmar and other parts of the world. [1] The annual production of gundruk in Nepal is estimated at 2,000 tons and most of the production is carried out at the household level. [2] Gundruk is obtained from the fermentation of leafy vegetables (saag; Nepali ...
[4] [5]: 21 Other plants with gourd in their name include the luffa gourd (likely domesticated in Asia), which includes several species from the genus Luffa, as well as the wax gourd, snake gourd, teasel gourd, hedgehog gourd, buffalo gourd/coyote gourd.