Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Monkey apple

Plant

Family

Gourd Family / Cucumber Family, cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae)

English

Monkey apple, Calabash, Bottle gourd, Calabash gourd, Long melon, Long pumpkin, Long squash, New guinea bean, Squash, Tasmania bean, White-flowered gourd

Latin

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina.) Standley., Cucurbita longa W.M.Fletcher, Lagenaria vulgaris Seringe, Cucurbita longa hort., Lagenaria siceraria Standl., Lagenaria vulgaris

Plantparts

foliage, Fruits, Matured Fruits, Pulp, Seeds, Unripe fruit, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Acrid, Alexiteric, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Antibacterial, Anti-biotic, antidote, Antidotes, Anti-edemic, Antifebrile, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, antihelmintic, Anti-hemorrhoidal, antipyretic, aperient, cardiac conditions, Cardiac diseases, cardiac problems, Cardiac troubles, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular diseases, Cataplasm, catharic, Cathartic, Cestoda, Cestoidea, Chlorosis, compress, Constipation, Costive, Costiveness, Digestive ulcers, disorder of the heart, dispel worms, diuretic, dropsy, Dyschezia, Dyssynergic defaecation, edema, emetic, emollient, Emollients, enteric fever, expel worms, Febrifugal, febrifuge, fluid accumulation, fomentation, Gastric ulcer, haemorrhoids, heart complaints, heart conditions, heart disease, Heart diseases, heart disorder, heart disorders, heart problems, heart trouble, helmint, Hemorrhoid, hemorrhoids, Hydropsy, Icterus, induce vomiting, inflammation of kidneys, inflammation of the kidney, intestinal tapeworm, jaundice, Kidney infection, kidney infections, Kidney inflammation, Kidney inflammations, Laxative, Moisturizers, movements of the bowel, nephritis, oedema, Piles, Poison Antidote, Poultice, purgative, Pyretic, reduce fevers, relieves fevers, renal pyelitis, Stomach ulcers, Suppurative inflammation, taenia, tapeworm, Tapeworm infestation, Tooth problems, treatment for worms, typhoid, Typhoid fever, Typhus, Ulcer, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, vomitive, worm, worms

Women's diseases

Diseases of uterus, Womb Ailments

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Purulia district, West Bengal, India, Phytomedical use in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus, Phytomedical use in Nepal, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana), Used in Bangladesh

Ingredients

 arginine, ascorbic acid, ash, caffeic acid, Calcium, Calcium oxide, Carbohydrates, choline, cucurbitacin, fat, Fibres, folinic acid, gallic acid, Histidine, iodine, iron, Isoleucine, Isoquercetin, Leucine, linoleic acid, Lysine, magnesium, Methionine, Niacin, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, pectin, Phenylalanine, phosphorus, Phytosterol, potassium, protein, Pyridoxine, saponin, sodium, Stearic acid, Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine, Vegetable oil, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, water, zinc, Β-Carotene

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn3494

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