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Coccinia grandis can be used in Food. Fruits are cooked as vegetable or eaten raw<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
  
 
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Coccinia grandis Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A and C; Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
  
 
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Coccinia grandis is available through March-December<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
  
 
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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.57, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
 
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Coccinia grandis is a aggressive climbing vine which spread quickly over trees, Shrubs, Fences and other supports with occasianal adventitous roots near the ground.

Uses

[[:Category:Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat |]], [[:Category:Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat |]], [[:Category:Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat |]].

Food

Coccinia grandis can be used in Food. Fruits are cooked as vegetable or eaten raw[1].

Parts Used

Fruits.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Caralluma, Tondikayi
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Ivy gourd, Tindora


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

Coccinia grandis Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A and C; Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc[1].

Habit

[[:Category:Habit - |]]

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Pal

[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

[[:Category:Index of Plants which can be propagated by |]]

Cultivation Details

Coccinia grandis is available through March-December[1].

Commonly seen growing in areas

Deciduous forests, [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]], [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]], [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]], [[:Category:Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of |]].

Photo Gallery

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.57, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. [Morphology]

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