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.
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