Botanical name : Coccinia grandis (Linn.) Voigt

Family : Cucurbitaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Bimbi, Bimbika

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Kashaya, Madhura, Tikta

Guna : Guru

Virya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Ivy gourd

Hindi : Bimb, Kanturi

Malayalam : Kova, Koval

Distribution – Throughout India cultivated as well as growing wild.

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A perennial tendril climber leaves deltoid or sub rotund, palmately lobed; flowers white and unisexual; fruits ovoid or oblong berries, bright scarlet red when ripe. Seeds ovoid, compressed and grey colored.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta, constipation, burning sensation, leucorrhea, skin disease, fever, asthma, cough and jaundice.

Useful part : Root, Fruit, Leaves.