Origin:
Throughout India.

Action:
Dried pulp of ripe fruit— cathartic, The pulp is used for varicose veins and piles. A paste of root is applied to various inflammations and swellings. The cataplasm of leaves is applied in migraine and neuralgia.

Toxicity:
Dried pulp of ripe fruit— drastic purgative, irritant and toxic.
Colocynth contains up to 3% cucurbitacin. The drug and its preparations cause drastic irritation of the gastrointestinal mucosa and haemorrhages.

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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

whole plant

Medicinal uses

Antimicrobials

1) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.

2) Abd El-Ghani1, Monier M./ Traditional medicinal plants of Nigeria: an overview: Agric. Biol. J. N. Am., 2016, 7(5): 220-247. - p. 228.