No, a patola, commonly known as ridge gourd or silk gourd (scientific name: Luffa acutangula), is not a monocot. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and is classified as a dicot. Monocots and dicots are two major groups of flowering plants, with monocots typically having one seed leaf and dicots having two. Patola exhibits characteristics typical of dicots, such as leaf structure and flower formation.
Why the patola is dicot
Ghaint Patola was created on 2011-04-21.
Yes. Patola is a herb because it has a soft stem
The patola is an excellent source of vitamin B.
The English term for patola vegetables is sponge gourd.
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If you are referring to 'patola' in Punjabi.. it means 'chick' in English. A beautiful girl in English slang is called as chick and in Punjabi we call her PATOLA!
The English translation of "patola" in Tagalog is "luffa" or "ridged gourd." It is a type of vegetable commonly used in cooking in Filipino cuisine.
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The Filipino food, patola, is more commonly known as luffa. There are three main species of luffa, Luffa acutangula, Luffa aegyptiaca, and Luffa operculata.
The patola is known as the Luffa in English, and is rarely used as food in the West. See the attached link for further information.
Grass is a monocot plant.