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Cucumis maderaspatanus L.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Mukia maderaspatana |
| Family name: |
CUCURBITACEAE
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| English name: |
Rough Bryony
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| Sinhala name: |
Len kekiri (ලේන් කැකිරි)
Heen kekiri (හීන් කැකිරි)
Gon kekiri (ගොන් කැකිරි )
Kekiri (කැකිරි)
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| Tamil name: |
Mochumochukkai
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Available soon
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Perennial climber stem long, slender, much branched, strongly hispid- scabrid with patent bristly hairs. Leaves dark green above, pale grey- green beneath, short to long petiolate; lamina 3-11 X 3-10 cm, broadly triangular in outline, deeply cordate with wide sinuses, shortly to very deeply 3-5 -lobed, margin shortly, irregularly dentate. Flowers yellow. Fruits 1.5 cm diameter, globose- ellipsoid, pale green with longitudinal cream strips. Seeds 3.5- 4 X 2 mm, up to 25 or more, horizontal, closely arranged, flattened ovoid- ellipsoid to trapezoid.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Fruit (Wild Fruit)
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| Treatment for: |
Skin diseases
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Leaves
Seeds
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Febrifuge
Laxatives
Vermifuge
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