kundri

Devanagari Script

कुनदरि

Phonetic

[kundri]

English: Translation

Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt

Hindi: Translation

कुंदरी

Semantic Domain

Plants, trees and other vegetation

Health, well-being and sickness

Food, cooking and foodways

Notes

The plant is primarily used for edible purposes, and it also holds some medicinal benefits too.

Medicinal values for: ear pain, skin eruption, cataract, cold and cough

Leaf: The leaf juice is poured in the ear (lutur) for relief from ear pain.
The leaves (sakam) are used externally as a poultice in treating skin eruptions.
Stem: The stem (ɖãʈiʧ) juice (ros or rasa) is used as a medicine for cataracts.
Plant: A decoction prepared from the plant is used for cold (sardi rua) and cough (kʰuʔ).

Culinary use:

Fruit: The fruit (dʒo) is used as a culinary item.

Source

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