Trichosanthes cucumerina

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Trichosanthes cucumerina, also called as Pudalangai (புடலங்காய்) is a tropical or subtropical vine. Its variety T. cucumerina var. anguina raised for its strikingly long fruit. In Asia, it is eaten immature as a vegetable much like the summer squash and in Africa, the reddish pulp of mature snake gourd is used as an economical substitute for tomato. Common names for the cultivated variety include snake gourd, serpent gourd, chichinda padwal, Podalanga and Snake Tomato.

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