Coccinia GRANDIS (L.) Voigt.
| Synonym : | Coccinea cordifolia(L.) Cogn. Coccinea indica Wight & Arn. Cephalandra indica Naud. Bryonia grandis L. Cephalandra grandis Kurz Cucumis pavel Kostel. Momordica bicolor Blume |
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| Bangla Name : | Telakuch, Telakucha, Kakjhinga, Kawoaluli, Kanduri, Mamakola, Kuchila, Vinbu |
| English Name : | lvy Gourd. |
| Family : | Cucurbitaceae |
| Disease : | Diabetes, anorexia, epilepsy, asthma, fever, dropsy, catarrh, gonorrhea, skin disease and hypertension. |
| Description : | A rather extensive climber. Tendrils slender, simple. Leaves 5-10 cm long and broad, obtusely 5 angled, base cordate. Flowers solitary, large, white, corolla 2.5 cm long. Fruit fusiform-ellipsoid, slightly beaked, 2.5-5 cm long, marked when immature with white streaks, bright, scarlet when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country in fallow lands and on fences. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, mineral, vitamin C, sterols, ?-sitosterol, phenolic compounds, triterpenoids, ?-amyrin, ?-amyrine acetate and lupeol, bitter glycoside constituents, alkaloids, cephalandrine A and B, alcohol, cephalandrol, |
| Uses : | Juice of the plant is used in diabetes. It is also used in anorexia, epilepsy, asthma, fever, dropsy, catarrh and gonorrhoea. Leaves are externally used in skin eruptions. Leaf juice is taken in the morning for 7 days to normalize hypertension. EtOH an |
| Habit : | Climber |