Ethnobotanical / Pharmacological values of selected wild cucurbits

SANJEET KUMAR & PRAKASH KUMAR TRIPATHY
RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY, CUTTACK
sanjeet.biotech@gmail.com , pkt.botany@gmail.com

Plant name	Parts	Ethnobotany	Sources
Cucumis melo	Fruit	Pericarp is used in kidney stone and urinary infection.	Braham and Saxena , 1990
Cucumis melo	Fruits	Fruits  are used to remove general weakness and eaten as cooling agent during hot summer.	Khan et. al., 2013
Cucumis melo	Seed	Seeds are diuretic promotes the production of urine	Murthy et al., 2013
Cucumis melo	Fruits	Used as laxative	Bahadur et al., 2013
Cucumis melo	Leaves	Used to treat the skin infection	Khalid et al., 2010
Cucumis melo	Fruits	Used in stomach pain	Sonibare et al., 2012
Cucumis melo	Fruits	Used in abdominal pain	Evan et al., 2010
Cucumis melo	Fruits + seeds	Used in stomach ache	Maryam arshad et al., 2011
Cucumis melo	Fruits	Used for urinary infections	Aref et al., 2005
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seed	Increase fertility among women and manse problems among girls	Dash et al., 2003
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaves	Paste and juice is uded for the treatment of scorpion bite	Murthy et al. 2013
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaves	Used against fever	Nallella, et al., 2013
Diplocyclos palmatus	Fruits	Skin infection	Joanne et al, 2012
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seeds	Seed extract is taken during dysentery	Kamble  et al., 2008
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seeds	Powder of seeds and roots is given twice a day in empty stomach to induce fertility.	Gupta et el., 2010
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaf	Leaf juice is given for three days for fever	Singh & singh, 2009
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaf +fruits	Leaf paste is mixed with fruit powder in equal quantities about 20 gm administrated orally with a cup of local wine prepared by Madhuca indica  flowers at morning without any food for three months to cure hysteria.	NEELIMA ET AL., 2011
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaves	Leaves are used against inflammation	Chopra et al., 1956.
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seeds	Used in asthma, cholera and promotes fertility in women	Archana sing et al., 2012
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaf	Paste is applied externally to reduce rheumatic pain	Subramanyam et al., 2008
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seed	Anti-inflammatory	Aref et al., 2005
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seeds	Used in diabetic	Singh et al., 2009
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaf	Used in burning and diarrhea	Radha et al., 2012
Diplocyclos palmatus	Whole plant	Used in hysteria and Jaundice	Radha et al., 2012
Diplocyclos palmatus	Fruits	Used as health tonic and for indigestion,	Arun rijal et al., 2011
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seed	Powder in quarter spoon is administrated with milk to break sterility .	Padal et al., 2013
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaves	Young leaves are used in joint pain	Sasi et al., 2011
Diplocyclos palmatus	Fruits	Fruits are used to reduce fever	Padal, et al., 2010
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaf	Leaves are used for fertility	Padal, et al., 2010
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seeds	Seeds of shivlingi , sonth, kalimirch, putrajivi and root bark of vat is made in powder. 2-5 gm of powder is taken with water or milk at night. Once daily for 21 days. After completion or beginning of menstrual cycle.	Srivastava , 2013
Diplocyclos palmatus	Roots	Roots are used in teeth decay	Padal, et al., 2013
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaf	Paste is applied externally on join to cure pain in the morning once in three days for one month.	Karunyal et al., 2010
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seed	Seed powder is put in water and ½ cup full of water is taken, seed powder mixed in ½ cup milk is taken by women during mensuration period.	Kamblet et al., 2011
Diplocyclos palmatus	Seeds	Seeds are given to women for conception	Patel et al., 2013
Diplocyclos palmatus	Leaves	Used in colic , fever, paralysis of tongue, piles	Patel et al., 2013
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Fruits	Fruits are used against stomach worm	Murthy et al. 2013
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Leaves	Paste is used to reduce body swelling	Kulip, 2003
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Fruits	Used against cardiovascular problems	Cao et al., 1996
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Fruits	Used to reduce diabetic	Wang et al., 1996
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Fruits	Against abdominal pain and skin energy	Nadkarni, 2002
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Root	Diabetic	Nadkarni
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Leaves	Emetic	Nadkarni
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Seeds	Cooling agent and antihelmintic activity	Madhava, et al., 2008
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Fruits	Antidiabetic activity	Menuka et al., 2009
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Roots	Paste is used against joint swelling	Bharatha, et al., 2010
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Leaves	Used in snake bite,	Jain et al., 2008
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Root	Used to reduce colic pain	Jain et al., 2008
Trichosanthes cucumerina	Seed	Seed powder mixed with jaggery and alcohol (dabar) is given for the treatment of asthma	Sudeep et al., 2011
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Roots	Used against skin infections	Murthy et al. 2013
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Leaf	Juice of leaves extract applied to relieve joint pain	Bharatha, et al., 2010
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Whole plant	Used in ear pain	Padal, et al., 2010
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Root	Used against snake bite	Shreekar pant, et al., 2010
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Fruits	Fruits is smoked in asthma	Jadhav et al., 2011
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Fruits	Used in asthma and ear pain	Ganeshan et al., 2006
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Root +stem	Roots and stems are powdered and taken with hot water twice a day for the treatment of dysentery Nyshi tribe . stem is kept after long period after drying. The small pieces mixed with other vegetables are eaten as remedy for stomach problems. It is also used as appetizer if 10-15 gm of almost dried stem is taken with hot water at bed time.	Srivastava  et al., 2010
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Flowers	Used for blood related problems. Flowers are taken during night once in 2 days for one month	Karanyalet et al., 2010
Trichosanthes tricuspidata	Seed	seed powder mixed with water is given once a day for next  5 days after manse.	Kamble et al., 2011