Sixty four famale clones of pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) collected from parts of Bihar and West Bengal showed wide range of variation in vine length, leaf length/breadth, fruit length, fruit girth, fruit weight, pericarp thickness, number of fruits/plant and fruit yield per plant. Some promising clones included IC66-1, IC63-1, IC50-4, IC64-2, IC97-2 and IC34-4.
Pointed gourd, Trichosanthes dioica, dioecious, female clone, evaluation