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Momordica dioica
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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.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Food
Momordica dioica can be used in Food. Tubersous roots and young green fruits are cooked as vegetable.[1]
Parts Used
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
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 |
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
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
Photo Gallery
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References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Chemical composition
- ↑ Morphology
- ↑ Cultivation Details
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Diabetes
- Herbs with Fruits used in medicine
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Roots used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Habit - Herbs
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Garden area
- Herbs
- Cucurbitaceae
