Description:
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) »
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba ¿ ky-uh-mus-OP-sis ? -- from the Greek kyamos (bean) and opsis (resembling) tet-ra-gon-uh-LOW-bus -- four-angled lobes commonly known as: Calcutta lucerne, cluster bean, guar, guar bean, gum bean, Siam bean • Bengali: ঝার শিম jhar sim • Gujarati: ગવાર gavar, ગુવાર guvar • Hindi: गवार gawar, गुवार guwar, गुआर guaar, गोआर goaar • Kannada: ಗೋರಿ ಕಾಯಿ gori kaayi • Konkani: मिडकीसांग midkisaang • Malayalam: kothavara • Marathi: बावची bavachi, चिटकी citaki, गवार gavar, गवारी gavari, गोवारी govari • Oriya: guanra chhuim, shimba • Punjabi: ਕੌਡ਼ਾ ਕਸੈਲਾ kaura kasaila, ਫਲੀ ਗੁਆਰ phali guar, ਸਫੈਦ ਮੋਠ safaid moth • Sanskrit: बाकुची bakuchi, दृढबिज dridhabija, गोरक्षफलिनी gorakshaphalini, क्षुद्रशिम्बी kshudrashimbi, वक्रशिम्बी vakrashimbi • Tamil: கொத்தவரை kottavarai • Telugu: గోరుచిక్కుడుకాయ goru-chikkudu-kaya Distribution: widely cultivated References:
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DDSA. Date: 29 May 2010, 15:25. Source:
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.