Dinesh ji I meant to say. 1)Tondali is a vegetable cultivated ...and what we eat. 2)Tendli is wild climber. I don't think it is edible as we many a times see it growing wild with lot many fruits and nobody plucks them. Both are climbers for sure. I just want to know the botanical names of both. Oh I checked your list of names again. Both names are there. Are they synonymous? Satish
On 10 October 2010 20:53, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Satish ji ... did not know that there are two types. > Did you also imply that one of them is not a climber ? > > Regards. > > > > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> What is the difference between the climber Tendli तेन्डली and >> Tondli.तोंडली Both look quite similar. >> >> >> On 8 October 2010 23:32, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *Coccinia grandis* (syn. *Coccinia indica*) >>> >>> kok-SIN-ee-uh ... meaning, red; often spelled coccinea >>> GRAN-dees ... meaning, large or spectacular >>> >>> *commonly known as*: ivy gourd • Hindi: कुन्द्रू kunduru • Kannada: >>> ತೊಂಡೆ tonde • Konkani: तेंड्ले tendale • Malayalam: kova • Marathi: तेंडली >>> tendali, तोंडली tondli • Tamil: கோவை kovai • Telugu: bimbika, దొండ donda >>> >>> Attached views are from my home place Vaghbil, Thane, and along >>> Ghodbunder Road >>> ... more views at >>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=cocciniagrandis&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >> >

