Trichosanthes cucumerina
Trichosanthes cucumerina
Author : L.
Family : Cucurbitaceae

Habit: Climber
Sanskrit: Patolah, Tiktapatolah
English: Wild snake gourd, Bitter snake gourd
 
Description
An extensive, annual, dioecious, slender climber, with orbicular, reniform or broadly ovate leaves, 8-15, white, foetid flowers, in racemes and ovoid, conical fruits, green with white stripes, containing 8-10 ovate-oblong, compressed, undulate, brownish seeds.
Useful part

Whole plant
Medicinal Uses

leprosy, leucoderma, hyperacidity, liver diseases, jaundice, worm infestations, bleedings, headache, cough, asthma, bronchitis, cardiac debility, wounds, ulcers, inflammations, intermittent fever, boils, general debility,  purgative
Major chemical constituents

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