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Botanical Name:
Citrullus colocynthis
Indravaruni consists of leaves and dried root of Citrullus
colocynthis Schrad, Family Cucurbitaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Indravalli, Indravarunika, Gavaksi, Satakratulata,
Endri
Bengali: Rakhal Sasa Mul
English: Colocynth, Bitter apple
Guajarati: Indravaran, Indrayan, Indramanoa, Indarvaranova
Hindi: Indrayan
Kannada: Havumekke, Havumakke, Indravaruni, Tuntikai,
Kadukavadi
Malayalam: Valiyakattuvell, Valiya Pekkumatti,
Cheeiyakattuvellari
Marathi: Endrayana, Indravarana
Oriya: Gothakakucti, Indrayanalata, Garukhiya
Punjabi: Kaudatumma, Tumbi
Tamil: Paikamatti, Paythumatti, Varithummati, Aruthununatti
Telugu: Chedu Puchcha
Urdu: Hanzal, Indrayan
Botanical description:
Colocynth or Bitter apple is found, cultivated and wild,
throughout India in warmer areas. It is an extensively
trailing annual herb with bifid tendrils angular branching
stems and wooly tender shoots. Leaves are deeply divided;
lobes narrow thick, glabrous or somewhat hairy. Flowers are
unisexual, yellow, both males and females solitary and with
pale-yellow corolla. Fruit is a globose or oblong fleshy
indehiscent berry, 5 -7.5 cm in diameter and variegated with
green and white. Seeds are pale brown.
Parts used:
Root
Major chemical constituent
Saponin and traces of Alkaloid.
Therapeutic uses:
• Chronic lymphadenopathy (Apaci)
• Asthma (Svasa)
• Abdominal lump (Gulma)
• Jaundice (Kamala)
• Cough (Kasa)
• Worm infestation (Krmiroga)
• Diseases of skin (Kustha)
• Urinary disorders (Prameha)
• Ulcer (Vrana)
• Splenic disease (Pliharoga)
• Morbidity due to Poisonous substance (Visavikara)
• Cervical lymphadenitis (Gandamala)
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