Botanical Name
Coccinia grandis (L.) Voig t.
Family
Cucurbitaceae.
Synonyms
Coccinia indica Wight & Arn, Bryonia grandis L. Cephalandra grandis Kurz
Regional Name
English : Ivy-Gourd, Hindi : Kundaruki-Bel, Sanskrit : Tundika, Tundikeri, Urdu : Kunduru, Punjabi : Kanduri, Assamese : Kawabhaturi, Bengali : Bimbu, Telakucha, Gujrati : Kadavighilodi, Ghilodi, Kannada : Tonde-Balli, Malayalam : Kova, Nallakova, Marathi : Tondale, Oriya : Pitakundii, Kainchikakudi, Tamil : Kovai, Telugu : Donda Tiga.
Part Used
Seed.
Description
Bimbi is found in warm and humid climate. In general it is found in Southern Asian islands and West Indies. It is found wild in all over t India. Bimbi is a climbing or prostrate, much branched, perennial herb. Fruits are pepo, ovoid, glabrous, 3.5 - 4.5 cm long and 1.5-2 cm thick, greenish-brown to yellowish-brown with white linings; no odour and taste. Seeds are obovoid, 0.7 cm long and 0.2-0.3 cm wide rounded at apex, much compressed, yellowish-grey coloured.
Phytoconstituents
The main chemical constituents of Bimbi -contains resins, alkaloids, fatty acids, flavonoids and proteins as chief chemical constituents. It is also contains Aspartic acid, Glutamic Acid, Asparagine, Tyrosine, Histidine, Phenylalanine And Threonine,Valine, Arginine. The fruits also contains alkaloids, steroids, tannins, saponins, ellagic acid, phenols, glycosides, lignans and triterpenoids. Roots also contains- Triterpenoid, saponincoccinioside, Flavonoid glycoside ombuin 3-o- arabinofuranoside, Lupeol, β-amyrin, and β- sitosterol and Stigmast -7- en-3-one.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa : Madhura, Tikta, Guna : Guru, Ruksa, Vipaka : Katu, Virya : Sita, Karma : Atirucya, Chardikara, Lekhhana, Stambhana,Pittahara, Vatakara, Vibandhadhmanakara,
Ayurvedic Applications
Doha, Kasa, Svasa, Jvara, Raktavikara, Sopha, Pandu.
Medicinal Uses
It is used in the gastrointestinal disturbances, liver weakness, mouth ulcers and stomatitis, dysentery, vomiting, chronic cough, cold, painful conditions and injuries, urinary tract infections and diabetic conditions.