POINTED GOURD

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BOTANICAL NAME				TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA
FAMILY				CUCURBITACEAE
Synonym:				Mukia maderaspatans Linn. Mukia scabrella
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DESCRIPTION			A dioecious climber with perennial root stock; stem slender, angled, hispid. Tendrils usually forked. Leaves 7.5 * 5 cm, ovate-oblong or cordate, acute, sinuate-dentate, rough on both surfaces.
PHARMACOGNOSY			The root stock is somewhat cylindrical or sometimes compressed, tapering, smooth, 3-6 cm long and 3-5 mm in diameter, white to light yellow externally and white internally. Fracture is smooth, soft and starchy. Transverse section of root shows a few layered cork followed by parenchymatous cortex. Phloem rays are funnel shaped becoming broad towards the periphery.
DISTRIBUTION			This species is found in wild state only in the plains of North India from Punjab to Assam. It is also cultivated throughout the warmer regions of India like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam for its fruits and throughout India ascending up to 1,800 mtr in the Hills.
CULTIVATION			The plant requires humid and hot climate. Propagation is done by root or stem cuttings. Early planting is done during February-April and late planting form May to July.
PART (S) USED			LEAF
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS			Musumusukai is  typically low in calories, low in fat, high in protein per calorie, high in dietary fiber, high in iron  and calcium, and very high in phytochemicals such as vitamin C, carotenoids, lutein, folate as well as Vitamin K, Nicotinic acid, Riboflavin, Thiamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, Linoleic acid, Oleic acid, Colocynthin, Trichosanthin, Saponin, Hntriacontane.
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION			Haemagglutinating, Antiobacterial, Antifungal, Hypoglycaemic
THERAPEUTIC USES			Tidooshaj vikaar   ·   Abdominal disorders   ·   Leprosy   ·   Skin disorders   ·   Strength, if you take  musumusukai leaves with your food, will be reduced sneeze problem, Boil the leaf juice with gingelly oil and applied topically on the head before taking bath to cure Asthma