Plantain, flower
Also known as Koldil, Mocha, Banana flower, Kel phool, Kele-ka phool, Bale motho, Pashor kait, Vazhapoo, Lafu Tharo, Kadali bhanda, Kele-da-phool, Arati puvvu, Kela ka phool. Food group: Other Vegetables. Vegetarian.
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Plantain, flower in Indian languages
| Assamese | Koldil |
| Bengali | Mocha |
| English | Banana flower |
| Gujarati | Kel phool |
| Hindi | Kele-ka phool |
| Kannada | Bale motho |
| Khasi | Pashor kait |
| Malayalam | Vazhapoo |
| Manipuri | Lafu Tharo |
| Marathi | Kel phool |
| Odia | Kadali bhanda |
| Punjabi | Kele-da-phool |
| Tamil | Vazhapoo |
| Telugu | Arati puvvu |
| Urdu | Kela ka phool |
Regional names as recorded by ICMR-NIN in the Indian Food Composition Tables.
Source for composition: ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (IFCT 2017), code D062 — values not reproduced. IFCT's licence does not allow its tables to be republished electronically, so we cite the record instead.
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