Coccinia grandis also called baby watermelon / ivy gourd has medicinal properties used for treating diseases like leprosy, asthma, fever, jaundice, etc.

1. Recent advances
in
Coccinia grandis

2. Presented by
Dr. Sudhakar Kokate
Director PPRC, India

4. Description
Ӿ Family: Cucurbitaceae
Ӿ Geographical distribution:
Africa, Asia, India, Philippines, China,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand,
Vietnam, Eastern papua, New Guinea,
Australia, Hawaii
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5. Description
Ӿ Common names:
Baby watermelon, Gentleman’s toes
Ӿ Perennial, much branched, root thick,
stems grooved slender glabrous, slender
tendrils
Ӿ Leaves: 5-10 cm long broad bright green
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7. Description
Ӿ Flowers:
Male – peduncles 1 flowered 2 -3.8 cm
long subfilliform, calyx tube glabrous, 4.5
mm long teeth, 2.5 mm long linear, corolla
2.5 cm long veined pubescent inside,
glabrous outside
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8. Description
Ӿ Flowers:
Female – 1.3 – 2.5 cm long, fusiform
ovary, glabrous, slightly ribbed
Ӿ Fruit: fusiform, ellipsoid 2.5 – 5 x 1.3 –
2.5 cm with white streaks bright scarlet
when fully ripe
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10. Description
Ӿ Seeds:
Obovoid, rounded at the apex, papillose,
yellowish grey
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11. Contents
Ӿ Vitamin A
Ӿ Vitamin C
Ӿ Beta-carotene
Ӿ B1, B2
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13. Nutritive value*
Carbohydrates 3.1 g
Fat 0.1 g
Fibre 1.6 g
Ascorbic acid 1.4 mg
Calcium 40 mg
Iron 1.4 mg
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14. Nutritive value*
Niacin 0.7 mg
Phosphorus 30 mg
Thiamine 0.07 mg
Water 93.5 g
Energy 75 KJ (18 Kcal)
* For 100 g
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16. Uses
₪ The fruit is aphrodisiac, allays thirst
useful in biliousness and diseases of
the blood
₪ Juice of thick tap root useful in
diabetes
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17. Uses
₪ Leaf extract useful for fever
₪ The green fruit chewed to cure sores
on the tongue
₪ Powdered bark acts as a good
cathartic
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19. Uses
₪ Leaves applied externally in
eruptions of the skin
₪ Plant taken internally in gonorrhoea
₪ Leaves useful in Atkinson disease
₪ Cooked leaves are good for diabetes
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20. Uses
₪ Useful in glycosuria disease
₪ The leaves are boiled in Gingelly oil
and applied externally in ringworm,
psoriasis, itch
₪ The oil is used in ulcer
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22. Uses
₪ Useful in bronchial catarrh
₪ Fruit useful in diseases like leprosy,
asthma and jaundice
₪ Shows nurturing effects on eyes,
heart, liver and kidney
₪ Eliminates radiation
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23. Recipes
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24. Tondali fry
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26. Tondali masala
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28. Tondali fry
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30. Kovakkai
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32. Tendli sambariya
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34. Gutti Dondakaya fry
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36. Thank you !!