MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC034 : Cucumis prophetarum L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 17 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Semadoh, Masoondi, Gullarghat | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Cucurbitaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Wild cucumber, Kharchvit, Kharindroyan; | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | - |
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| Description : | A prostrate or climbing perennial herb; stem slender, sulcate, hispid and rough, hairs whitish. Tendrils simple and short, scabrid. Leaves ovate-orbicular, 2-4 cm long. cordate-truncate at base, 3-(-5)-lobed, lobes obtuse or subacute, margin dentate or lobulate, hispid-scabrid on both surfaces; petiole 1-4 cm long, densely scabrid with white hairs. Male flowers in fascicles of 2-3 flowers, rarely solitary; peduncle 5-10 mm long, hispid. Calyx-tube 3-5 mm long, hispid, lobes linear, spreading, c. 1.5 mm long. Corolla ± villous, 3-5 mm long, lobes ovate-oblong, ± mucronate. Anthers oblong 2-5 mm long. Female flowers solitary, peduncle 2-3 cm long, calyx and corolla as in male. Ovary muricate. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, puberulous, softly echinate, longitudinally striped green and white, yellow when ripe, 3-4 x 2-3 cm. Seeds pale ashy, c. 4 x 2 mm, ± oblong or ellipsoid. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The bitter fruit is used as an emetic. treatment of inflammation, | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Fruit : N-Trisaccharide dihydocucurbitacin B cucurbitacin B |
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| Reference : | ~ Behailu Bizuayehu and Belachew Garedew; "A review on the ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of gonorrhea disease in Ethiopia"; Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (2018); 9(3): 183-193 PMID : |
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