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Cucurbita moschata - Butternut

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Squash is an annual climbing plant. That can produce stems up to 5 metres long. The plant is widely cultivated, especially in warm temperate and tropical areas. It is also an important leaf vegetable in Africa, supplies a popular edible seed and has a wide range of medicinal uses.

Uses

Abdominal cramps, Intestinal worms, Tape worm, Reddish blotches, Haemorrhages, Jaundice, Headache, Ophthalmia, Kinds of tumours

Parts Used

Flowers, Seeds, Leaves, Young stems, Fruits

Chemical Composition

The lipids isolated from the seeds included glycerides, sterol esters, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಸಿಹಿ ಕುಂಬಳ ಕಾಯಿ Sihi kumbala kaayi
Hindi Halwa kaddu
Malayalam Kumpalam
Tamil Pucani
Telugu Gummadi
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi Halwa kaddu
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Butternut Pumpkin, Butternut Squash

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Prostrate Internodes to 10 cm, scabrous. Leaves 5-7-lobed, 16 x 24 cm, velvety, lobes acute; petiole to 15 cm

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 8 cm wide Pale yellow Stamens 3 Flowers Season is June - August

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Stamens 3 6 cm Fruit oblong, contracted in the middle Seeds numerous, to 12 x 8 mm {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

The plant can be grown from the temperate zone to the tropics, so long as there is a warm growing season of at least 150 days[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, South America, North America.

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