THIGONELLA 



THK B: iX)UBD 



I. it. i.-. -ous plants, several species of which are cultivated throughout 

 India for use as vegetables. 



T. angulna. Linn.: Duthi.- and KnlL-r. t',,t.i ai . 



The Simkc Gourd, purwul, chirhin-i indot. rtttkri. pa4t*tl. Oourd. 



/otta, etc. An annual creeper, . .HIMI.I. 

 illy \vil.l in India and tlio In.liiin Ar-hi|M.lnu-.. It 



[ndia as a rainy -season crop. The long euoumbet Ukr inm m i<ia * veguhle. 

 .-itli.-r !".i!.-ii ,.r in curries. Gathered wl. >ung w\ cut into atrip*, n u 



extensively cooked in the same way a* French bean*. 

 Jn-l.. liMi::. :;::o . Firminger, Man. Oard. Int.. l-i... i 



T. CUCUmerina, Li,,,, . . Kirtikar, in Jonrn. H,>mh. \,ii H,* 

 1^7 s. t . I :. The jangli-chi-chdndn, banpatol, gwal Icaleri. ran parul, r6t, 



kattup-ptpudal, adavi-potta, eti-. A rluunmt: m 

 India and Ceylon. It has various medicinal <jiuliti. 

 I.-H.I.T shoots, dried capsules, seeds, leaves and root* are all need 

 medicine. The ripe fruit is said to be stewed and eaten \ ive*. [Of. 



1'hnrmar,,;. Ind.. 1S91. ii., 72-4.] 



T. dioica, #0x6. ; Duthie and Fuller, I.e. iji., 23. The paroar. poUU, kombu- 

 j'Hilulai, kommu-potta, patolam, etc. An extensive iliroughout 



the plains of Northern India, from the Panjah to Awa- 



it is extensively cultivated during the rain*. In I "lanted 



at the end of the rainy season and fruiting goes on frotn N...I. ! 

 jitter \\ liich the crop may be kept for a H.-I '.ml \.-ar i.\ |.i...i_-luii. r mii \* ! u 

 October and irrigating in February and Man i,. .Mnk>-rji titnat the cost of Owtaad 

 cultivation in Bengal at Rs. 26 p<r acn- and Hi- outturn al 

 about Rs. 60. The leaves, fresh juice, and the fruit and n>,>t an- li urt^l m.- i 

 ally, while the unripe fruit is eaten by t > Nntu and the tender top* &r cooked 

 as a pot-herb. The young or unripe fruit is valu* .. and n- - 



potatoes and brinjals is perhaps the vegetable in gn-att- 

 Cuttack, 1893, 117, 197 ; Dutt, Afar M 



; ")ok Ind. Agri., 1901, 347-8; Firminger, I.e. 172; Hov, ('rop of Beng., 

 1906, 143-5]. 



T. palmata, Roxb, ; Kirtikar, I.e. 7 1-6, t. B. The Idlimlrdyan, makdl, parwar. 

 kaundal, kavandala, koraitai, awaguda-pandu, etc. A very large climber, common 

 in moist thickets from the Himalaya to Ceylon. The fruit ana root are medicinal, 

 and the former, though inedible in the wild state owing to its severely drastic 

 properties, may under cultivation become a wholesome vegetable, when well 

 boiled. [Cf. Pharmacog. Ind., I.e. 70-2 ; Woodrow, I.e. 330-1.] 



TRIGONELLA, Linn.; Fl. Br. Ind., ii., 87-9 ; Prain, Beng. Platti*. D.E.P. 

 1903, i., 413-4 ; Duthie, Fl. Upper Gang. Plain, i., 20&-10 ; LEGUMINOSJB. Yr-P 1 - lr - 

 A genus of annual herbs that comprises some 50 species, two of which only 

 are of economic interest in India. 



T. cornlculata, Linn. ; Roxb., Fi. Ind., Hi., 389; Hamilton, Slat. Ace. Dinaj., 

 194. The lunkaika, piring. Cultivated as a pot-herb. Hamilton observes that 

 it is as good as spinach and is cultivated in the same manner. 



T. Fcenum-Grsecum, Linn. / Duthie and Fuller, Field and Garden Crop*, iii.. Fenugreek. 

 46, t. xcix. The Fenugreek or Fenugrsw, mithi, haenwfrtfb, thamli. bhaji. 

 vendayam, mentulu, menthya, uluva, pe-nan-ta-rzi, etc. A robust annual ! 

 wild in Kashmir, the Panjab and the Upper Gangetu- 1'lain ; rultivaUni in many 

 parts, particularly in the higher regions. 



No estimate can be given of the area under tin- fr>j>. except in Bombay (in- 

 eluding Sind) and Berar, where, according to the Season and Crop Report*, it 

 occupied 2,713 acres and 519 acres respectively .luring 1904-5. Subseqtwnt 

 areas do not appear to have been recorded. it is grown near welb and on 

 Baildb lands. On well lands, it is generally sown after cotton or ftMfer. The 

 seed (30 Ib. per acre) is sown in February and the crop is r*> it in 



April. On saildb lands it is sown at the end of October or beginningof 

 November, and the crop ripens about the same time as on well land*. The 

 seeds yield a yellow DYE, and the plant has bean known and valued M Mem- 

 CINE from remote antiquity. It is grown rlueriy a* a food an' fodder crop. Fo&fcr. 

 and as a perfume. [Cf. Pauliu &gincta (Adams. Comment.). 184.. iii.. 37S-4 : 

 Serapion, De tiimpl., 1473, 171 ; Taitef SHertef, 1030 (Plarfsir, trans!.). 1838. 



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