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Lagenaria siceraria

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Bottle gourd is a vigorous, annual climbing plant, producing stems about 9 metres long. The stems scramble over the ground and into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves to the plants by means of tendrils that grow out of the leaf axils.

Uses

headaches, Typhus, Stomach acidity, Indigestion, Ulcers, Boils, Aching teeth, Gums.[1]

Parts Used

Immature fruit, Seeds, Young shoots, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Sorekayi
Hindi Lauki
Malayalam Pechura
Tamil Surakkai
Telugu Sorakkaya
Marathi Dudhi
Gujarathi Tumada
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Tiktalabu
English Bottle Gourd


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

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

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

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics and subtropics. It can be grown at elevations up to 1,600 metres, but economic crops are only produced below 500 metres.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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