Barcode: CAL0000009423

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Family: CUCURBITACEAE

Scientific Name: Mormordica charantia L.

Collector: H.G. Carles

Country: India

Uses: The root is used in ophthalmia and in prolapsus vaginae. The fruit is antipyretic, digestive, laxative, anthelmintic, appetiser, cures biliousness, kapha, blood diseases, anaemia, urinary discharges, asthma, ulcers, bronchitis. The juice is useful in treating cholera. The fruit is used to treat syphilis, troubles of spleen, rheumatism, ophthalmia.