Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt

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🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Bryonia acerifolia D. Dietr.
synonym	Bryonia alceifolia Willd.
synonym	Bryonia barbata Buch.-Ham. ex Cogn.
synonym	Bryonia glabra Roxb.
synonym	Bryonia grandis L.
synonym	Bryonia palmata Wall.
synonym	Bryonia sinuata Wall.
synonym	Bryonia sinuosa Wall.
synonym	Cephalandra grandis (L.) Kurz
synonym	Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin
synonym	Cephalandra moghadd (Aschers.) Broun & Massey
synonym	Cephalandra schimperi Naud.
synonym	Coccinia grandis var. wightiana (Roem.) I. Grebenscikov
synonym	Coccinia helenae Busc. & Muschl.
synonym	Coccinia indica var. palmata Wight & Arn.
synonym	Coccinia loureiriana M. Roem.
synonym	Coccinia moghadd (Forssk.) Aschers
synonym	Coccinia moimoi M. Roem.
synonym	Coccinia palmatisecta Kotschy
synonym	Coccinia schimperi Naud.
synonym	Coccinia wightiana M. Roem.
synonym	Cucumis rheedii Kostel.
synonym	Cucurbita dioica Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
synonym	Cucurbita schimperiana Hochst. ex Cogn.
synonym	Cucurbita triangulata Hochst. ex Cogn.
synonym	Momordica bicolor Bl.
synonym	Momordica covei Dennst.
synonym	Momordica monadelpha Roxb.
synonym	Physedra gracilis A. Chev.,
synonym	Turia moghadd Forssk.

🗒 Common Names

Assamese	Belipoka Kurula
Bengali	Kauwa-luli Telakucha Telkocha
English	Ivy gourd Scarlet gourd Tindora
Hin	Bhimb
Hindi	कुन्द्रू Kunduru
Irula	Thondai
Kannada	Tondikay
Malayalam	Kova Koval
Marathi	तॊंडली Tondli
Oriya	Ban-kundri
Other	Dondakaya Gentleman's Toes (Compare Lady's Fingers) Ghiloda Ivy Gourd Kovai Kovakka Kovakkai Kowai Kundri Little Gourd Manoli Tendli Thainli Thendli Tindla Tindoori) Tindora' (Tindori
Sanskrit	Bimbika
Tamil	Kovai கோவை Kovai
Telugu	Donda Kaya

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Brief

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber

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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Description

Habit: A slender scandent climber, to 8m.

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Habit: Climber

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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Extensive vine; tendrils simple. Leaves 3-7 x 3-5 cm, palmately 3-5-lobed or angled, broadly ovate to orbicular in outline, base cordate, margin denticulate, apex acute, upper surface punctate, lower surface glandular; petiole 2.5-5 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary. Male flower: calyx tube 4-5 mm long, campanulate, lobes 5, subulate; corolla white, 2.5-3.5 cm long, campanulate, villous; stamens 3, inserted below the calyx-tube, filaments connate, anthers flexouse; pistillode absent. Female flowers: calyx-tube campanulate; corolla white; ovary 1-1.3 cm long, oblong, glandular pubescent; ovules many, horizontal; style 6-7 mm long, slender; stigma 3-partite, densely papillose. Fruit 4-5 x 2-2.5 cm, ovoid-oblong; pulp red. Seeds 6-7 mm long, oblong, compressed.

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

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📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

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📚 Natural History

Natural History

Life Cycle

Cyclicity

Flowering and fruiting: December-April

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Flowering & fruiting during June to August

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Growth Form

Climber

A herbaceous climber with branchlets apically pubescent, glabrous at base. Leaves simple, 5-lobed, glabrous, punctate above, glandular below; basal sinus subrotund-cordate, margin denticullate, apex obtuse, mucronate; tendril simple.Flower solitary, dioecious. Male flower: calyx-tube campanulate; corolla campanulate, white, petals 5, ca. 1 cm , glabrous without, villous within. Stamens 3, inserted at the base of calyx-tube, filaments connate into a column, about 3 mm, anthers connate, triplicate, flexous. Female flower: calyx and corolla campanulate. Ovary oblong, glandular-pubescent. placentae 3, ovule indefinite; stigma 3-partite, fimbriate; staminodes 3. Fruit ovoid-oblong, striped, seeds compressed.

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

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Flower

Solitary or subcymes; white. Flowering from December-March.

Fruit

An ovoid-oblong berry, green with white patches when young, later reddish; seeds many, oblong-ovoid, compressed. Fruiting throughout the year.

Field tips

Stem deeply grooved. Tendril simple. Leaves glandular beneath.

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate distichous

Leaf Type

Simple

Leaf Shape

5-angled or lobed

Leaf Apex

Obtuse-mucronate

Leaf Base

subrotund-cordate

Leaf Margin

Lobed

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Pollinators

Bees

Miscellaneous Details

Notes: Dry deciduous forests, also Cultivated

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Cosmoplitian

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Dry deciduous forests and wastelands, also cultivated

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Distribution

Description

Global Distribution

India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh; Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania

Local Distribution

Throughout Assam

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Global Distribution

Peninsular India and Sri Lanka

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Very common on thickets and wastelands from plains to 300m. Tropical Africa, Asia, Arabia, India, Malesia to Fiji Islands.

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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Belgaum, Mysore Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Contributors	Sanjana Julias Thilakar G Renu D. Narasimhan
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Endemic Distribution

No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

No Data

📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Protection Legal Status

No Data

📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

System of Medicines Used In

Homoeopathy

Ayurveda

Siddha

Fruits and leaves are eaten cooked as vegetable

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

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Medicinal

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Ripe fruits are either eaten raw or cooked and highly valued for their therapeutic qualities.

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System Of Medicines Used In

Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Siddha

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Folklore

Indigenous Information: Cattle are very fond of the leaves.

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Management

No Data

📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983

Coccinia grandis (L.) Voight, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 59. 1845; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 24. 1982; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 121. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 194. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 174. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 198. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 176. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 286. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 212. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 208. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 135. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 234. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 318. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 389. 2009.
Coccinia indica Wight & Arn., Prodr. 347. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 537(379). 1919.
Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naud., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 5, 16. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 621. 1879.
Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 529. 1881.
Bryonia grandis L., Mant. 1: 126. 1767.

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=592

Information Listing > References

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Coccinia grandis (L.) Voight, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 59. 1845; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 24. 1982; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 121. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 194. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 174. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 198. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 176. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 286. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 212. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 208. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 135. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 234. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 318. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 389. 2009.
Coccinia indica Wight & Arn., Prodr. 347. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 537(379). 1919.
Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naud., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 5, 16. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 621. 1879.
Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 529. 1881.
Bryonia grandis L., Mant. 1: 126. 1767.
D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=592