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Luffa acutangula - Jaalini

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Luffa acutangula is a vigorous annual climbing plant producing long stems that scramble over the ground or climb into nearby vegetation, supporting themselves by means of tendrils.

Uses

Intestinal worms, Gonorrhoea, Venereal diseases, Conjunctivitis.

Parts Used

Fruits, Seeds, Young shoots, Leaves, Flower buds.

Chemical Composition

Fruit contains a bitter principle, luffeine - Seed contains a fixed oil of glycerides of palmitic, stearic, and myristic acids[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Eere kay
Hindi Turai
Malayalam Peechinga
Tamil Pirkanga
Telugu Beera kaaya
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Sinkwa towelsponge


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

Annual climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Leaves pale green, roundish, palmately 5-7-lobed, 15-20 cm across, glabrous; petiole 8-12 cm long.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 4.5 cm across, Axillary Yellow Flowers pale yellow, pedicellate, c. 4.5 cm across. Male raceme 10-15 cm long, erect, axillary 10-20-flowered, female flowers solitary in same axil as males. {{{5}}}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Gourd (10-) 15-30 (-45) cm long, 6-10 cm in diameter 10-angled. Seeds black, 10-12 mm long, 6-8 mm broad, rugose, emarginate.

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

[3]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the lowland tropics, where it can be grown at elevations up to 500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 32°c, but can tolerate 15 - 38°.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

  1. Chemistry
  2. FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan BOTANIC DESCRIPTION
  3. Ayurvedic preparations
  4. Cultivation

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