Coccinia grandis
Names: Coccinia indica; Coccinia cordifolia; Coccinia grandis; Cephalandra indica.
English: Ivy Gourd; Scarlet-fruited gourd; tindora; kovai fruit; Baby watermelon; Little gourd; Gentleman’s toes.
Chinese: hong gua.
Danish: skariagenagur.
Hindi: parval; tindora (tindori or tindola); tinda; tendus; kundru; kunduzi.
Japanese: yasai karasuuri.
Malay: pepasan; papasan; kovai; kovakka.
Spanish: pepino cimarrón.
Ayurveda: Bimbi; Kunduru; Raktaphala; Piluparni.
Use: Ayurvedic, Unani, Siddha.
Content: polyprenol, C60- polyprenol; steroids, saponins, ellagic acid, lignin’s, triterpenoids, in addition to alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, phenols; Polysaccharides, Xyloglucan, Carotenoids and Cryptoxanthin.
Botany: climbing shrub; white flower.
Literature
Ayurveda; MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF IVY GOURD (CEPHALANDRA INDICA): A REVIEW, Goldy Yadav, Amit Mishra, Goldy Yadav, Archana Tiwari.
Gayatri R. Nambiar & Raveendran K, Indigenous Medicinal Plants Scripted in Amarakosam Am-Euras, J of Bot, 3(2008) 68-72.
Narayanan C N,& Sasidharan M N, Ayurveda tharangam-Rogavum Chikilsayum; (D.C. Books, Kottayam, Kerala, India) 1998,5
Shaheen S J, Bolla K, Vasu K, & Charya M; A S Antimicrobial activity of the fruit extracts of Coccinia indica African J of Biotech, 24(2009) 7073-7076.
Chandira M, Vankateswarlu BS, Gangwar RK, Sampathkumar KP, Bhowmik D, Jayakar B & Rao CV, Studies on anti-stress and free radical scavenging activity of whole plant of Coccinia Indica Linn, Int RJ Pharm Sci, 01 (2010) 0050.
Niazi J, Singh P, Bansal Y & Goel R K, Anti- inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activity of aqueous extract of fresh leaves of Coccinia indica, Journal of Inflammopharmacology, 17 (2009) 239-244.
Rastogi RP, Mehrotra BN Compendium of Indian medicinal plants, 1 (1998) 115.
Ray AB& Kundu S, Chemical examination of Coccinia indica fruits. J of indian Chem. Soc LXIV (1987) 776–777
Majumder P M, Sasmal & Nambi R A, Antiulcerogenic and Antioxidant effect of Coccinia grandis (Linn.)