MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC019 : Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 210 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In Dhargad,Kelpani and Jarida | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | UNCOMMON | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Cucurbitaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Jangli Dodka,Jungle Turai, angled loofah, Chinese okra, dish-cloth gourd, ribbed gourd, ribbed loofah, ridged gourd, silk gourd, silky gourd, sinkwa towelsponge, sinqua melon, vegetable sponge; | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cucumis acutangulus L. Cucumis lineatus Bosc Cucumis longus var. indicus Grew Cucumis megacarpus G.Don Cucumis operculatus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Cucurbita acutangula (L.) Blume Luffa acutangula var. amara C.B.Clarke Luffa acutangula var. forskalii (Schweinf. ex Harms) Heiser & E.E.Schill. Luffa amara Roxb. Luffa drastica Mart. Luffa fluminensis Roem. Luffa foetida Cav. Luffa forskalii Schweinf. ex Harms Luffa gosa Ham. Momordica tubiflora Wall. |
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| Description : | A plant of the lowland tropics, where it can be grown at elevations up to 500 metres; It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 32°c, but can tolerate 15 - 38°c; It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,200 - 2,000mm, but tolerates 700 - 3,000mm; | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The seeds are emetic and purgative; They are eaten to expel intestinal worms; The fruits and seeds are used in herbal preparations for the treatment of venereal diseases, particularly gonorrhea; A leaf extract is applied on sores caused by guinea worms to kill the parasite; The leaf sap is applied to skin affections such as eczema, and is used as an eyewash to cure conjunctivitis; The glycoprotein luffaculin, isolated from the seeds, exhibits abortifacient, antitumour, ribosome inactivating and immunomodulatory activities. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | 1,8 dihydroxy-4-methylanthracene 9,10-dione p-coumaric acid Gallic acid Protocatechuic acid Ferulic acid |
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| Reference : | ~ Kuldip S. Dogra, Sandeep Chauhan and Jeewan S. Jalal; "Assessment of Indian medicinal plants for the treatment of asthma"; Journal of Medicinal Plants Research (2015); 9(32): 851-862 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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