| Himalayan Bitter Gourd |
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| Original date | 8/17/06 10:08 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/390s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Herpetospermum pedunculosum Family: Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin family)
Synonyms: Herpetospermum grandiflorum, Bryonia pedunculosa
Synonyms: Herpetospermum grandiflorum, Bryonia pedunculosa
Himalayan Bitter Gourd is a large herbaceous
climber on shrubs and banks, with long branched tendrils. Leaves
ovate-heart-shaped, acute or long-pointed, often coarsely and shallowly
lobed, rough-hairy, long-stalked. Flowers are large, bright yellow,
unisexual. Male flowers clustered; female flowers solitary. The flowers
are 4-5 cm across, and consists of a slender funnel-shaped tube and
spreading elliptic petals. The fruit is ellipsoid, 7-8 × 3-4 cm,
fibrous, finely hairy. Himalayan Bitter Gourd is found in the
Himalayas from Uttarakhand to Bhutan, S. Tibet, Assam, SW China, at
altitudes of 1500-3600 m.
Medicinal uses:
The seeds are used in Tibetan
medicine, where they are considered to have a bitter taste and a
cooling potency. Anti-inflammatory, cholagogue, choleretic and
febrifuge, they are used in the treatment of piles, inflammation of the
stomach and the intestines. The pounded root is used to treat problems
of the bile ducts.
Medicinal uses:
The seeds are used in Tibetan
medicine, where they are considered to have a bitter taste and a
cooling potency. Anti-inflammatory, cholagogue, choleretic and
febrifuge, they are used in the treatment of piles, inflammation of the
stomach and the intestines. The pounded root is used to treat problems
of the bile ducts. | Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed on Govindghat-Ghangria route, Uttarakhand. |
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