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'''Kushmanda''', pumpkin has long been a staple vegetable of cultures throughout the world. It is cultivated for its delicious pumpkin fruit that is cooked, baked, dried and eaten.
  
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Antidiabetic}}, {{Uses|Eliminate intestinal parasites}}, {{Uses|Regulates cholesterol}}, {{Uses|Strengthens immunity}}, {{Uses|Good for the heart}}
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Flowers}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
  
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==Chemical Composition==
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn= kumbala kaayi, see gumbala|ml=chakkerakumpalan, mattan, mattanga|sa=dadhiphala,  kushmanda, peetaphala, pitakushmanda, punyalatha|ta=carkkaraipparanki, parangi kayi, pushini, pushinik-kay|te=gummadi kaaya, tiyya gummadi|hi=kaddu,  meetha kaddu|en=Pumpkin, Winter squash}}
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Guna===
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===Veerya===
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===Vipaka===
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===Karma===
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===Prabhava===
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Vine}}
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|alternate| Leaves 7-18 x 7-25 cm, orbicular or more or less reniform, entire or emarginate, 5-angled or lobed; petiole to 15 cm long. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|axillary, solitary|Yellow|3|axillary, solitary, large.  Male flower: calyx-tube 5-8 mm long, campanulate, lobes 5, linear. Corolla 5-7 cm long, campanulate, yellow, lobes 5, apically recurved.  Stamens 3; filaments 5-7 mm long; anthers linear, one 1-celled, others 2-celled.  Female flower: Ovary oblong.}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Pepo|Large| Seeds 18-22 x 10-12 mm|Ovate|}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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===Season to grow===
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===Soil type===
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===Propagation===
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Rouge vif d'Étampes-Cucurbita maxima-01.jpg
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File:Cucurbita maxima Cabaza GFDL.jpg
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File:Blue hubbard squash.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<ref name="Uses">https://www.star-ayurveda.com/cucurbita-maxima/ "Uses"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
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<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
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</references>
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==External Links==
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* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cucurbita+maxima
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* https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303702518_Cucurbita_maxima_Duch_as_a_medicinal_plant
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* https://www.botanical-online.com/medicinalscucurbitapepoangles.htm
  
 
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Revision as of 12:38, 16 April 2019

Kushmanda, Cucurbita maxima

Kushmanda, pumpkin has long been a staple vegetable of cultures throughout the world. It is cultivated for its delicious pumpkin fruit that is cooked, baked, dried and eaten.

Uses

Antidiabetic, Eliminate intestinal parasites, Regulates cholesterol, Strengthens immunity, Good for the heart [1]

Parts Used

Flowers, Fruits, Seeds

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada kumbala kaayi, see gumbala
Hindi kaddu, meetha kaddu
Malayalam chakkerakumpalan, mattan, mattanga
Tamil carkkaraipparanki, parangi kayi, pushini, pushinik-kay
Telugu gummadi kaaya, tiyya gummadi
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit dadhiphala, kushmanda, peetaphala, pitakushmanda, punyalatha
English Pumpkin, Winter squash

[2]

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

Vine

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple alternate Leaves 7-18 x 7-25 cm, orbicular or more or less reniform, entire or emarginate, 5-angled or lobed; petiole to 15 cm long.

[3]

Flower

{{Flower|Unisexual|axillary, solitary|Yellow|3|axillary, solitary, large. Male flower: calyx-tube 5-8 mm long, campanulate, lobes 5, linear. Corolla 5-7 cm long, campanulate, yellow, lobes 5, apically recurved. Stamens 3; filaments 5-7 mm long; anthers linear, one 1-celled, others 2-celled. Female flower: Ovary oblong.}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Pepo Large Seeds 18-22 x 10-12 mm Ovate {{{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

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Rouge vif d'Étampes-Cucurbita maxima-01.jpg
  • Cucurbita maxima Cabaza GFDL.jpg
  • Blue hubbard squash.jpg

References

  1. ↑ https://www.star-ayurveda.com/cucurbita-maxima/ "Uses"]
  2. ↑ "Vernacular names"
  3. ↑ PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"

External Links

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