Recent advances

in

Coccinia grandis

Presented by

Dr. Sudhakar Kokate

Director PPRC, India

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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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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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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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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Description

Ӿ Seeds:

Obovoid, rounded at the apex, papillose,

yellowish grey

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Contents

Ӿ Vitamin A

Ӿ Vitamin C

Ӿ Beta-carotene

Ӿ B1, B2

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Recipes

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Tondali fry

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Tondali masala

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Tondali fry

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Kovakkai

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Tendli sambariya

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Gutti Dondakaya fry

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Thank you !!