Cucumis MELO L.
| Synonym : | Cucumis acidus Jacq. Cucumis alba Nakai Ecballium lambertianum M.Roem. Melo cassaba Pangalo |
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| Bangla Name : | Kharmuj (Beng.), Sinar (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Musk Melon, Sweet Melon, Melon. |
| Family : | Cucurbitaceae |
| Disease : | Diuretic, eczema, cooling, fattening, tonic, laxative, aphrodisiac, diuretic, biliousness, insanity, ascites, allays fatigue, lachrymatory, diuretic, cooling, tonic, nutritive, ophthalmia, liver disease, kidney disease, bronchitis and fever. |
| Description : | An annual creeping herb. Leaves about 7.5 cm diam, orbicular-reniform, 5-angled or lobed scabrous on both surfaces. Flowers large, yellow, male flowers fascicled, female solitary, corolla subcampanulate, 1.6 cm long, 5-lobed. Fruit spherical, ovoid, elongate or contorted. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong Hill Tracts (Cultivated in Jhum) and ocationally in other places. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Fruit stalk contains cucurbitacin B and E, cucurbitin and sterols. Fruit contains ferulic, catteic and chlorogenic acids. Seeds contain an edible fixed oil. The seed meal is rich in protein and essential amino acids (Ghani, 2003). Korean plant contains ?- |
| Uses : | The pulp of the fruit is diuretic and beneficial in chronic or acute eczema. The ripe fruit is cooling, fattening, tonic, laxative, aphrodisiac and diuretic, cures biliousness, insanity, ascites and allays fatigue. The seeds are lachrymatory, diuretic, co |
| Habit : | Herb |