English: Striped cucumber, Native Bryony
Sanscrit: Lingini, Shivalingi
Malayalam: Irilakkova, Neyyunni (ഐവിരലിക്കൊവ, നെയ്യുണ്ണി)
Bryony or Lollipop Climber a perennial vine, grows up to 6 meters high. Leaves are alternately arranged, hairy and bright green in color on the upper surface. Flowers are small and yellow in color, which occurs in March-April. Fruits are green with white blotched stripes and it is turning bright red in color when it is ripe, and resemble five fingers, so it is called Irilakkova in Malayalam, fruits are small and a white line over it, and when ripe, it will become red in color, commonly 2-3 seeds contain in the fruits.
Useful plant parts:
Seeds, Leaf, stem.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Palmate | Margin-irregular | Venation-reticulated |
Medicinal uses:
flatulence, rheumatic pain, coughs and skin diseases
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