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'''Momordica dioica''', commonly known as spiny gourd or spine gourd and also known as bristly balsam pear, prickly carolaho, teasle gourd, kantola, is a species of flowering plant in the "কাকরোল" In Bengali gourd family. It is used as a vegetable in all regions of India and some parts in South Asia. It has commercial importance and is exported and used locally. The fruits are cooked with spices,or fried and sometimes eaten with meat or fish
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'''Momordica dioica''' is commonly known as spiny gourd or spine gourd and also known as bristly balsam pear. It is a species of flowering plant in the Bengali gourd family. It is used as a vegetable in all regions of India and some parts in South Asia. It has commercial importance and is exported and used locally. The fruits are cooked with spices,or fried and sometimes eaten with meat or fish.
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
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{{Uses|diabetes mellitus}}, {{Uses|anti-diabetic}}.
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{{Uses|Diabetes}}.
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===Food===
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Momordica dioica can be used in Food. Tubersous roots and young green fruits are cooked as vegetable.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
  
 
==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
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==Common names==
 
==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=mada haagala kaayi (ಮಡ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ or ಸಿಹಿ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ)|ml=|sa=karkotaki(कर्कोटकी), karkoti(कर्कोटी).|ta=மெழுகுபாகல் mezhuku-pakal, பழுபாகல் pazhu-pakal|te=boda kakara|hi=Kikoda(किकोड़ा)|en=}}
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{{Common names|kn=Mada haagala kaayi ಮಡ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ|ml=|sa=Karkotaki, Karkoti|ta=Mezhuku-pakal, Pazhu-pakal|te=Boda kakara|hi=Kikoda|en=}}
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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===Prabhava===
 
===Prabhava===
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===Nutritional components===
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Momordica dioica Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C, Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3); β-carotene; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Potassium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
  
 
==Habit==
 
==Habit==
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|round|1.5-5.0 cm long, heart-shaped at base, hairless or sparsely hairy, middle lobes broadly ovate or rhombic-ovate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Simple|Round|1.5-5.0 cm long, heart-shaped at base, hairless or sparsely hairy, middle lobes broadly ovate or rhombic-ovate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
===Flower===
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{{Flower|Bisexual|broadly ovate-heart-shaped|yelowish||2.5-3.0 cm across, stalked. Male flowers are solitary, on 1.5 cm long flower-cluster-stalk, bearing near the tip a stalkless}}
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Broadly ovate-heart-shaped|Yellowish||2.5-3.0 cm across, stalked. Male flowers are solitary, on 1.5 cm long flower-cluster-stalk, bearing near the tip a stalkless}}
  
 
===Fruit===
 
===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|ovoid|2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad|orange-red|}}
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{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|Ovoid|2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad|Orange-red|}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===
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==How to plant/cultivate==
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
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Requires a soil rich in organic matter if optimum yields are to be achieved. A dioecious plant, male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.
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Requires a soil rich in organic matter if optimum yields are to be achieved. A dioecious plant, male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Momordica dioica is avilable through June to October<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==References==
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_dioica Chemical composition]</ref>
 
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_dioica Chemical composition]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-mTUBjSyo_UC&pg=PA136&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Morphology]</ref>
 
<ref name="Leaf">[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-mTUBjSyo_UC&pg=PA136&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Morphology]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Momordica+dioica Cultivation Details]</ref>
 
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Momordica+dioica Cultivation Details]</ref>
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<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.116, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-mTUBjSyo_UC&pg=PA136&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Momordica dioica]
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* [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-mTUBjSyo_UC&pg=PA136&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Momordica dioica on books.google.co.in]
  
  
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
 
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]

Latest revision as of 16:40, 12 November 2021

Momordica dioica

Momordica dioica is commonly known as spiny gourd or spine gourd and also known as bristly balsam pear. It is a species of flowering plant in the Bengali gourd family. It is used as a vegetable in all regions of India and some parts in South Asia. It has commercial importance and is exported and used locally. The fruits are cooked with spices,or fried and sometimes eaten with meat or fish.

Uses

Diabetes.

Food

Momordica dioica can be used in Food. Tubersous roots and young green fruits are cooked as vegetable.[1]

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves, Roots.

Chemical Composition

Momordica dioica as the average nutritional value per 100 g edible fruit was found to contain 84.1% moisture, 7.7 g carbohydrate, 3.1 g protein, 3.1 g fat, 3.0 g fiber and 1.1 g minerals. [2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Mada haagala kaayi ಮಡ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ
Hindi Kikoda
Malayalam
Tamil Mezhuku-pakal, Pazhu-pakal
Telugu Boda kakara
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Karkotaki, Karkoti
English


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

Nutritional components

Momordica dioica Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C, Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3); β-carotene; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Potassium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Zinc[1]

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Round 1.5-5.0 cm long, heart-shaped at base, hairless or sparsely hairy, middle lobes broadly ovate or rhombic-ovate

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Broadly ovate-heart-shaped Yellowish 2.5-3.0 cm across, stalked. Male flowers are solitary, on 1.5 cm long flower-cluster-stalk, bearing near the tip a stalkless

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Simple Fruit Ovoid 2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad Orange-red {{{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

Requires a soil rich in organic matter if optimum yields are to be achieved. A dioecious plant, male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[4]. Momordica dioica is avilable through June to October[1]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Garden area.

Photo Gallery

  • Momordica dioica 03.JPG
  • Momordica dioica 01.JPG
  • Momordica dioica (2610863798).jpg
  • Teasle gourd (Momordica dioica) fruits collected in Visakhapatnam.jpg

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.116, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  2. ↑ Chemical composition
  3. ↑ Morphology
  4. ↑ Cultivation Details

External Links

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