Coccinia grandis - Ivy Gourd

❏ Binomial Name : Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt.

❏ Synonym : Coccinia cordifolia, Coccinia indica,Cephalandra indica

❏ Family : Cucurbitaceae

❏ Common Name : Ivy Gourd

❏ Tamil Name : Kovai

❏ Hindi Name : Kunduru

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Coccinia grandis Botanical Description

Extensive vine; tendrils simple. Leaves 3-7 x 3-5 cm, palmately 3-5-lobed or angled, broadly ovate to orbicular in outline, base cordate, margin denticulate, apex acute, upper surface punctate, lower surface glandular; petiole 2.5-5 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary. Male flower: calyx tube 4-5 mm long, campanulate, lobes 5, subulate; corolla white, 2.5-3.5 cm long, campanulate, villous; stamens 3, inserted below the calyx-tube, filaments connate, anthers flexouse; pistillode absent. Female flowers: calyx-tube campanulate; corolla white; ovary 1-1.3 cm long, oblong, glandular pubescent; ovules many, horizontal; style 6-7 mm long, slender; stigma 3-partite, densely papillose. Fruit 4-5 x 2-2.5 cm, ovoid-oblong; pulp red. Seeds 6-7 mm long, oblong, compressed. Fl. &Fr.: December-April.

Coccinia grandis Medicinal uses

Fruits and leaves are eaten cooked as vegetable

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