Synonym : | - |
Bangla Name : | Ghee korolla, Dhar corolla,Kangha gula (Tanchangya). |
English Name : | - |
Family : | Cucurbitaceae |
Disease : | Aphrodisiac , anthelmintic, cure fever, consumption, asthma, bronchitis, hiccup ,piles, alexiteric, stomachic , laxative, biliousness, asthma, leprosy, bronchitis, fever, tumours, urinary discharges, excessive salivation, and heart troubles. |
Description : | A slender perennial climber with tuberous roots and simple tendrils. Leaves 3.8-10 cm long, broadly ovate in outline, cordate at base, more or less deeply 3-5 lobed. Flowers monoecious, solitary, petals 1.3-2.5 cm long, yellow. Fruit 2.5-6.3 cm long, ellipsoid, shortly beaked, densely echinate with soft spines. |
Distribution : | Chittagong |
Chemical Constituents : | - |
Uses : | Leaves are aphrodisiac and anthelmintic, cure fever, consumption, asthma, bronchitis, hiccup and piles. Fruits are alexiteric, stomachic and laxative, cures biliousness, asthma, leprosy, bronchitis, fever, tumours, urinary discharges, excessive salivation |
Habit : | Climber |