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Luffa acutangula  ROXB.

   

Botanical Name

:

Luffa acutangula ROXB.

English Name

:

Sharp Cornered Cucumber

Synonym(s)

:

Cucumis acutangulus L., Curcubita umbellata Klein ex Willd., Luffa acutangula var. amara (Roxb.) Clarke, Luffa forskalii Schweinf. ex Harms, Luffa hermaphordita Singh ex Bandhari, Luffa Kleinii Wight & Arn., Luffa umbellata (Klein ex Willd.) Roem.

Family

:

Cucurbitaceae

 

General Info

Description

A large, annual climber with slender shortly pubescent, 5-angled stems; tendrils usually 3-branched. Leaves alternate, orbicular in outline, 15 to 20 cm long and wide, 5 to 7 angled or lobed, scabrid on both sides, base cordate, lateral lobes usually obtuse, central lobe acute to subacuminate; petioles 5 to 12 cm long, angular scabrid. Plants monoecious; male flowers yellow with 3 stamens, borne in 10 to 20 flowered racemes, 10 to 15 cm long; female flowers yellow, solitary, in same axils as males, on 5 to 10 cm long peduncles. Fruit cylindrical or club-shaped, tapering towards the base, usually 15 to 30 cm long and 5 cm in diameter, smooth, with 10 prominent, narrowly angled, longitudinal ridges. Seeds compressed, slightly corrugated on edges, not winged, black or white when ripe.

Herb Effects

Emetic and purgative (seeds); demulcent, diuretic, bitter-tonic and nutritive (fruit); abortifacient, antipyretic, expectorant, hypoglycemic, laxative, tonic and vermifuge.

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PIER

Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Arginine, glycine, threonine, glutamic acid, leucines, serine, alanine, g-aminobutyric acid and pipecolic acid

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
Product Categories

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Product Categories
Arginine 7004-12-8 2-amino-5-guanidino-
pentanoic acid
C6H14N4O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Glycine 87867-94-5 2-aminoacetic acid C2H5NO2 Click Here To Enlarge
Threonine 632-20-2 2-amino-3-hydroxy-bu
tanoic acid
C4H9NO3 Click Here To Enlarge
Glutamic acid Not Available 2-aminopentanedioic
acid
C5H9NO4 Click Here To Enlarge
Leucine 2439-37-4 2-dimethylamino-4-me
thyl-pentanoic acid
C8H17NO2 Click Here To Enlarge
Serine 6898-95-9 2-amino-3-hydroxy-pr
opanoic acid
C3H7NO3 Click Here To Enlarge
Alanine 35597-43-4 2-[2-[2-amino-4-(hyd
roxy-methyl-phosphor
yl)-butanoyl]aminopr
opanoylami no]propa
noic acid
C11H22N3O6P Click Here To Enlarge
Pipecolic acid 69470-51-5 piperidine-2-carboxy
lic acid
C6H11NO2 Click Here To Enlarge

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

In granular conjunctivitis of children, as poultice in haemorrhoids, leprosy and splenic enlargement (leaves); as an antidote for snake poison (plant).

Reference

Sharma PV. Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.

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