Botanical name : Cucumis melo ssp agrestis (C. trigonus Roxb)
Family : Cucurbitaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Indravaruni
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Katu
Guna : Rooksha, Teekshna
Virya : Ushna
Vipaka : Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Small Bitter gourd
Hindi : Jangal indrayan, Bislambi
Malayalam : Cheriya kattuvellari, Cheriya pekkummatti
Distribution : Growing wild in dry areas in India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
An extensively spreading monoecious tendril climber with slender angled stem. Leaves deeply, palmaiely five lobed, scabrid on both sides, hispid on the nerves beneath and rounded at the apex; the male flowers yellow in small clusters on slender peduncles: fruits ellipsoid or sub-globose, yellow or yellow with green stripe with embedded small ellipsoid compressed seeds.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, kapha constipation, urinary tract infections, jaundice, worm infestation, tumor, ascites, skin diseases, asthma, bronchitis, and abdominal disorders.
Useful part : Fruits, Roots.
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