WILD CUCUMBER
Common name: Wild Cucumber • Hindi: मीठा करेला meetha karela
Botanical name: Cyclanthera pedata Family: Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin family)
Wild Cucumber is a vine grown for its small fruit, used as a vegetable. The leaves are 4-5 inches wide and divided into several lobes. Flowers are small, pale green. It produces a pale green, semi-flattened fruit resembling a cucumber that is 4-6 inches long and 2-3 inches wide. The immature fruits may be eaten raw or pickled. The young shoots and leaves may also be eaten as greens. The mature fruit are also prepared as stuffed peppers; stuffed with meat, fish or cheese and then baked – earning it’s name “Stuffing Cucumber.”
Medicinal Uses
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Always seek advice from a professional before using a plant medicinally.
Analgesic; Aphrodisiac; Poultice; Tonic.
The pulverized root is used as a poultice for headaches. A very bitter tea brewed from the roots is
analgesic and is also used as a love potion. It is used as a bitter tonic for alleviating stomach
troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers etc
Common name: Wild Cucumber • Hindi: मीठा करेला meetha karela
Botanical name: Cyclanthera pedata Family: Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin family)
Wild Cucumber is a vine grown for its small fruit, used as a vegetable. The leaves are 4-5 inches wide and divided into several lobes. Flowers are small, pale green. It produces a pale green, semi-flattened fruit resembling a cucumber that is 4-6 inches long and 2-3 inches wide. The immature fruits may be eaten raw or pickled. The young shoots and leaves may also be eaten as greens. The mature fruit are also prepared as stuffed peppers; stuffed with meat, fish or cheese and then baked – earning it’s name “Stuffing Cucumber.”
Medicinal Uses
Plants For A Future can not take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of plants.
Always seek advice from a professional before using a plant medicinally.
Analgesic; Aphrodisiac; Poultice; Tonic.
The pulverized root is used as a poultice for headaches. A very bitter tea brewed from the roots is
analgesic and is also used as a love potion. It is used as a bitter tonic for alleviating stomach
troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers etc
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