Tindora

Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd, also referred to as baby watermelon, little gourd, gentleman’s toes or even gherkin is actually a exotic vine. Additionally it is referred to as Cephalandra indica as well as Coccinia indica. The fruit of the tindora vine are the same in look to a Indian gherkin. Tindora’s fruits are ovoid to ellipsoid in shape and thus small they are usually known as “berry”. They vary in dimensions from 1″ to 2 1/2″ in length. Their skin is smooth along with variegations of green and white. The clear white flesh of the fruit looks like the appearance as well as taste of the cucumber, showing numerous seeds which create a red color. The flesh is equally crispy as well as tasty in texture having a slightly bitter aftertaste. Mature fruits turn out to be gentle and create a more gratifying quality. Based on variety, a mature tindora fruit’s skin color may also turn out to be bright red. These types of varieties are generally known as “Big Red”.

Tindora or even Ivy gourd is additionally known as by various titles such as the parwal, kundru, tondli in Marathi, Toroda, kunduri (Oriya), kovai, kundri or even kovakkai in Malayalam and kovakka in Tamil, Dondakaya in Telugu or even also baby watermelon or even little gourd is really a exotic vine.

Botanical title of Ivy gourd is coccinia grandis, a perennial herbaceous vine. Ivy gourd is actually a exotic plant within the pumpkin family and is also a hostile climbing vine that may distributed rapidly over trees, shrubs, fences along with other supports. It’s an outdoor plant yet favors a sun-drenched protected place along with a sandy soil.