Images and Information of Momordica cochinchinensis

BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA, FIRST EDITION 1908, 3RD EDITION 1954
Author - LATE DR.K.M.NADKARNI & A.K.NADKARNI
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4
Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol II

Distribution

Deccan Peninsula, W.Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar. Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Formosa, Philippines. Orissa: Occasional: Bhubaneswar.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol II

Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Distribution

India to South E. Asia.

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Distribution

India, Bangladesh, China and Malaya. Tripura: Sadar sub-division.

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Author - D.B. DEB

Title - Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2

Distribution

Maharashtra: Pune.

Title - Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2

Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna

Title - Flora of Majuli

Distribution

Majuli: Bongaon. Both wild and cultivated , frequent to common.

Title - Flora of Majuli

Author - M.Islam

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Distribution

Rare in wastelands

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh

Botanical Name -

Momordica cochinchinensis SPR.

Full Botanical citation -

Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 14. 1826; H.L. Chakravarty, Fascicles of Flora of India, Fasicle II, Cucurbitaceae, BSI, Howrah, 92. 1982

Family -

CUCURBITACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Folk

Botanical Synonyms (1) -

Muricia cochinchinensis LOUR.
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Full Botanical citation -
Muricia cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2: 596. 1790; H.L. Chakravarty, Fascicles of Flora of India, Fasicle II, Cucurbitaceae, BSI, Howrah, 92. 1982

Vernacular names -

Total 25 Vernacular names found in 6 languages.

Hindi (5) - bhat-karela, gangerua, gulkakra, kakrol, kathaamla

Kannada (2) - kaadu kaakara, karkataka

Marathi (2) - kakana, kartalen

Sanskrit (12) -

Sanskrit Comments

gangeruka, jalakaravalli, karka, karkaphala, karkata, karkataka, krindana, kshudradhatri, kshudramalakasandna, mrigalendaka, mrigavitsadrisha, todana

Tamil (2) - adavi-kakara, palupakal

Telugu (2) - adavikaakara, adavikakara