coccinia grandis
TRANSCRIPT
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 !!