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Citrullus colocynthis - Indravaruni
Indravaruni is a perennial plant with a woody, tuberous rootstock from which grow long trailing or climbing stems. The plant has long been valued for its medicinal uses and is cultivated in some regions for this purpose.
Uses
Hypoglycemic, Constipation, Antifungal and antibacterial, Inflammation, Larvicidal, Cold and cough [1]
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Colocynth contains up to 3% cucurbitacin. The drug and its preparations cause drastic irritation of the gastrointestinal mucosa and haemorrhages.[2]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Balibandrakshi, Daasamekke, Hara mekke kaayi, Kaada kavade, Kakkavade kaayi |
| Hindi | Badi indrayan, Chota tarbooj, Indrayan |
| Malayalam | Kattuvellari, Paikummatti |
| Tamil | Antimarittan, Paitummatti, Intiravallarai, Intiravaruni |
| Telugu | Chedu putcha kaaya, Chittipaapara, Paaparabudama, Erri puchcha |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Aindri, Atmaraksha, Brihadvaruni, Brihatphala, Chitrala, Chitrapala, Indravaruni, Mrgabojani, Mahendravaruni |
| English | Colocynth |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta (Bitter)
Guna
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry), Teekshna (Sharp) ===Veerya=Hot)
Vipaka
Katu (Pungent)
Karma
Pitta, Kapha
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | alternate | Tendrils simple, rarely bifid, slender, glabrous. Leaves alternate, elongate-ovate in outline, 10-60 (-110) mm long, 8-55 (-66) mm broad, distinctly scabrid-hairy beneath, smooth except on the nerves above, palmately deeply 3-5-lobed, ultimate lobes pinnately lobulate with central lobe longest, long-ovate in outline; petiole rather densely rough-hairy |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unisexual | axillary | yellow | Male flowers on long pedicels; calyx campanulate, c. 9 (4-8) mm long, lobes c. 5 mm broad; corolla pale yellow, ovate-acute, c. 8 mm long and c. 5 mm broad. Female flowers on longer pedicels than male, receptacle-tube short, lobes lanceolate, c. 5 mm long; ovary hairy, subglobose or obovate. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepo | 5 cm across | globose, smooth, longitudinally green striped, 5-7 cm in diameter, eipcarp thin, filled with a dry spongy very bitter pulp | seeds numerous, ovate-oblong, yellowish brown, not margined, c. 6 mm long and c. 3 mm broad. | {{{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
Easily cultivated from seed, as it grows rapidly, requiring no attention once fields have been sown. [6]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Hypoglycemic
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Constipation
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Antifungal and antibacterial
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Inflammation
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Larvicidal
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cold and cough
- Herbs with Roots used in medicine
- Herbs with Fruits used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Climber
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical area
- Herbs
- Climber
- Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos
- Cucurbitaceae
