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MC021 : Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 212  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Cucurbitales
Family : Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family
Genus : Mukia
Species : Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
Plant Location in Melghat : Amoung grasses on forest floor in fields  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Cucurbitaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : K-Kawala, Dhakuch, bristly bryony, Madras pea pumpkin, rough bryony, bilari, musmusa, paripushkara, pindila, setu, chirati
 
Synonym : Cucumis maderaspatanus L.
Bryonia cordifolia L.
(=) Bryonia scabrella L.
(=) Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn.
(?) Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn.
(=) Mukia scabrella (L.) Arn.
Description : Perennial, monoecious, climbing or trailing up to 3 m; stem bristly-hairy. Tendrils simple, filiform. Leaves sagittate, hastate, subtriangular to ovate in outline, usually ± cordate, (12-) 15-90 (-100) mm long, and about as broad, ± 5-lobed to almost unlobed, sinuate-dentate to irregularly lobulate-dentate, scabrid; middle lobe longest, triangular; lateral lobes ovate-triangular; petiole 3-80 mm long. Flowers on 1-3 mm long pedicels; calyx tube 1-2 mm long, lobes 1 mm long; petals 1-2 x 1-1.2 mm. Berries 1-7, subsessile, axillary, clustered, subglobose, scarlet, smooth, glabrous, bristly when young, 5-11 mm in diameter. Seeds ovate, c. twice as long as broad.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : anti-oxidant, Hepatoprotective, Anti-rheumatic, diuretic, stomachic (a digestive tonic), gentle aperient, anti-pyretic and Anti-flatulent, Anti-asthmatic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and Anti-bronchitis, is used for tooth-ache besides its use in vertigo and biliousness
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Roots: Columbin
Seed Oil: Linoleic acid, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid
Reference : ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697

~ Thempamala C.R, Sivaganeshan. S, Varnakulendran N, Shiyamala.V; "A Single case study on the therapeutic effectiveness of Mukia maderaspatana Linn (Roem) the management of Bronchial Asthma"; Siddha Papers (2017); 2(3): 1-3 PMID :

~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID :

~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151

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~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID :