Cucumis melo Kharbuja Muskmelon Cantaloupe Ervaru Kakadi beej Magaj Kharbuja

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cucumis melo
Scientific Name and Description
Cucumis melo L. var. momordica DUTHIE & FULLER
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber

Plant Synonyms

Plant Synonyms
Cucumis callosus (ROTTL.) COGN.
Cucumis utilissimus ROXB.
Cucumis callosus (Rottl. ) Congo (Cucurbitaceae)
Cucumis acidus Jacq.
Cucumis agrestis (Naudin) Greb. nom. inval.
Cucumis alba Nakai
Cucumis ambiguus Fenzl ex Hook.f. nom. inval.
Cucumis arenarius Schumach. & Thonn.
Cucumis aromaticus Royle
Cucumis bardanus Fenzl ex Naudin nom. inval.
Cucumis bisexualis A.M.Lu & G.C.Wang
Cucumis callosus (Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis campechianus Kunth
Cucumis cantalupensis Haberle ex M.Roem. nom. illeg.
Cucumis cantalupo Rchb.
Cucumis chate Hasselq.
Cucumis chate L.
Cucumis chinensis (Pangalo) Pangalo
Cucumis chito C.Morren
Cucumis cicatrisatus Stocks
Cucumis cognata Fenzl ex Hook.f. nom. inval.
Cucumis conomon Thunb.
Cucumis cubensis Schrad.
Cucumis deliciosus Salisb. nom. illeg.
Cucumis dudaim L.
Cucumis eriocarpus Boiss. & Noë
Cucumis erivanicus Steud. nom. inval.
Cucumis flexuosus L.
Cucumis jamaicensis Bertero ex Spreng.
Cucumis jucunda F.Muell.
Cucumis laevigatus Chiov.
Cucumis maculatus Willd.
Cucumis microcarpus (Alef.) Pangalo
Cucumis microsperma Nakai
Cucumis microspermus Nakai
Cucumis momordica Roxb.
Cucumis moschatus Gray nom. illeg.
Cucumis odoratissimus Moench nom. illeg.
Cucumis odoratissimus W.M.Carp. & Riddell nom. illeg.
Cucumis officinarum-melo Crantz
Cucumis orientalis Kudr.
Cucumis pancherianus Naudin
Cucumis pedatifidus Schrad.
Cucumis persicodorus Seitz
Cucumis persicus (Sarg.) M.Roem.
Cucumis pictus Jacq.
Cucumis princeps Wender.
Cucumis pseudocolocynthis Royle
Cucumis pseudocolocynthis Wender.
Cucumis pubescens Willd.
Cucumis pyriformis Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. nom. inval.
Cucumis reflexus Zeyh. ex Ser. nom. inval.
Cucumis reginae Schrad.
Cucumis schraderianus M.Roem.
Cucumis serotinus Haberle ex Seitz
Cucumis trigonus Roxb.
Cucumis turbinatus Roxb.
Cucumis umbilicatus Salisb. nom. illeg.
Cucumis utilissimus Roxb.
Cucumis villosus Boiss. & Noë nom. inval.
Cucurbita aspera Sol. ex G.Forst. nom. inval.
Ecballium lambertianum M.Roem.
Melo adana (Pangalo) Pangalo
Melo adzhur Pangalo
Melo agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo
Melo ameri Pangalo
Melo cantalupensis (Naudin) Pangalo
Melo cassaba Pangalo
Melo chandalak Pangalo
Melo chinensis Pangalo
Melo conomon Pangalo
Melo dudaim (L.) Sageret
Melo figari Pangalo
Melo flexuosus (L.) Pangalo
Melo microcarpus (Alef.) Pangalo
Melo monoclinus Pangalo
Melo orientalis (Kudr.) Nabiev
Melo persicus Sageret
Melo sativus Sageret
Melo vulgaris Moench ex Cogn.
Melo zard Pangalo
Melo × ambiguua Pangalo

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Common names muskmelon, cantaloupe
Hindi baro-kachro, kachra, kachri, kachrio, kachro, kakri-ke-bij, kakrio, khadbiyo, kharbooja, khurbuza, meki, phoot, takmak, Kharbooza
Kannada adike baale, aramekke, dodda mekke, haalu mekke, hirey mekke, kahiminike kaayi, kalangari, kallangadi, kharbooja, minike hannu, mullu-savate-bija, pacche kaayi
Malayalam kakkarikka-vitta, kattuvellari
Marathi chibunda, kadvi, karit, kharbuja, khurbuj, sakkar teti, tarkakdi, tavsini,Kharbuja
Sanskrit alakakhya, alaya, aluka, amritavha, cirbhati, citraphalam, dashangula, ervaru, ervaruh, ervaruka, g, garakshi-vrikshamu, gavadani, indravaruni, kalinga, karkati, kharbuja, kharvuja, lomashi, madhupaka, madhuphala, odumba, phalaraja, pitavarnakam, sadbhujah, sadbuja, sadrekhah, shadabhya, shadbhuja, shadrekha, shanmukha, sisravrttam, tikta, tiktaphala, trapusa, trapusi, urvaru, urvaruka, vrittakarkatti, vrttervaru,Kharbūja
Tamil akaya kakkarikay, chukkarigai, kak-karik-kay-virai, kakkarik kay-virai, kattu thumatti, mul-vellirik-kay-virai, mul-vellrik-kay-virai, mulampalam, mulampazham, mulvellari, thumattikai, Melõn
Telugu karbooja dosa, mulam-pandu, mullu-dosakaya-vittulu
Tibetan ba na ntra pu si (d), ba na tra pu sa, ba na tra pu si (p), ba ntra pu si (d), rgya mtshog gon
Urdu kakri, kharbuja, kharbuza, khurbuzah, qarbooza
Bengali Kholon
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Fruits
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use

  • Ripe fruits are eaten as vegetable, dried fruits digestive. 
  • The decoction of root act as mild purgative.
  • Seeds have cooling action and useful in bilious disorders.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003


 

References

Literature

Literature
Kanthasamy Kalaichelvi 2016
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Citations

Herb citations

Cucumis melo. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumis_melo

Body

Cucumis melo L
Habit - Climber

Parts used - Root, leaves

Application - Purgative; snake bite; less irritation; stomachache

Treatment - General

References - Kanthasamy Kalaichelvi 2016