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'''Cucumis prophetarum''' is a climbing or trailing plant. It produces annual stems up to 2.5 metres long from a perennial root-stock. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal and food use. It is very occasionally cultivated and is also sold in local markets.
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stemFruits}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=Wild Gourd|gu=|hi=|kn=Mullugumbala|ks=|ml=|mr=|pa=|ta=|te=}}
==Properties==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Perennial}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Ovate-round|3-5 lobed with toothed margin|}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Ovate-Oblong||Yellow|In male stamens 2-5cm long and In female single 2-3mm long stalk}}
===Fruit===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seed}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of low to moderate elevations in the drier areas of the tropics.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">["Morphology"]Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 150</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cucumis+prophetarum Cultivation"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250077270 Cucumis prophetarum on efloras.org]* [ ]* [ ]
[[Category:Herbs]]
