Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd. - balsampear
Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd. - balsampear
Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd. - balsampear
Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd. - balsampear
Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd. - balsampear
MC020 : Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 211 |
| Synonym | : | Momordica hispida Dennst. Ex Miq.;
Momordica renigera Cogn.;
Momordica roxburghii G. Don;
Momordica sicyoides Ser.;
Momordica triloba Wight;
Momordica tuberosa Dennst. Ex Miq.;
Momordica wallichii Roem.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kartula, bristly balsam-pear, prickly carolaho, spine gourd, teasle gourd, ban karela, kartoli, |
| Plant Family | : | Cucurbitaceae |
| Description | : | Perennial climbers with unbranched, glabrous tendrils, dioecious. Root tuberous. Leaves broadly ovate, membranous, c. 6.0 x 5.0 cm, glabrous on both sides, deeply 3-5-lobed, lobes trianglular ovate or oblong, acute, with undulate or minutely remotely denticulate margin; petiole 1-3 cm long, puberulous. Male flowers 5-6 cm across, yellow, on 4-6 cm long peduncles; bracts large, sessile, entire, glabrous, often ciliated or villous on both surfaces, cucullate, suborbicular or reniform, partly enclosing the flower. Petals 2-3 x 1.5-2.5 cm, obtuse. Female flowers yellow, on c. 2.5 cm long, ebracteate or minutely bracteate peduncles; calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, 5-6 mm long, villous; corolla similar to male flowers. Ovary ovoid, covered with long and soft papillae. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, 3-5 cm long, 2-3.5 cm across, yellow when mature, densely covered with soft spines, shortly beaked (rostrate) at apex. Seeds somewhat compressed, 6-7 x 5-6 mm, irregularly corrugated. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On borders of fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Applied in bleeding piles and urinary complaints. The root paste is applied over the body as a sedative in fever. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Ascorbic acid; Beta-carotene; Thiamine;
Riboflavin; Niacin; Momodicaursenol; Lectins; Beta-sitosterol; saponins;
glycosides; triterpenes of ursolic acid; aspiranosterol; stearic acid; gypsogenin; momordicin; momordicafoetida; Momordicaursenol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Beta-sitosterol; Ursolic Acid; Ascorbic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID : ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Violales |
| Family | : Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family |
| Genus | : Momordica L. - momordica |
| Species | : Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd. - balsampear |