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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Trichosanthes dioica

Common Name
Palwal, Patola, Schlangenfruchtige Haarblume, Wild Snakegourd, Patole Contourne

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Bilious India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer Elsewhere *
Circulation Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Fever English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hemagglutinant Elsewhere *
Laxative French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Elsewhere *
Purgative Sanscrit Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.