English Indian Sarsaparilla (black
var.). Cucumis melo
Ayurvedic Krishna Saarivaa, Linn. var. utilissimus Duth. & Fuller.
Jambupatraa Saarivaa, Karantaa,
Synonym C. utilissimus Roxb.
Shyamalataa, Shyaama, Gopi,
Gopavadhu, Kaalghatika. Family Cucurbitaceae.
Siddha/Tamil Maattan-kodi, Habitat Cultivated in Punjab and
Paal-Kodi, Kattupala. Uttar Pradesh.
Folk Karantaa, Anantamuula English Snake Cucumber.
(Varanasi). Ayurvedic Ervaaru, Ervaaruka,
Urvaaru, Bahukanda, Karkati.
Action Blood-purifier, alterative.
Used for rickets in children. Unani Kakari.
In combination with Euphorbia Siddha/Tamil Kakkarikkay,
microphylla, the herb is used as Vellarikkai.
a galactagogue. A decoction of the Action Seeds—cooling, diuretic;
stem is used as a supporting drug used in painful micturition and
in paralysis; of the root bark in
suppression of urine.
rheumatism.
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of
The major constituent of the root ex- India recommends the seed in dysuria
tract is germanicol docosanoate. The and lithiasis.
roots contains cryptanoside C. The
leaves gave cryptanoside A and B and Dosage Seed—3—6 g. (API Vol. II.)
a cardenolide, cryptosin.
Dosage Root—5-1O g (API Cucumis prophetarum Linn.
Vol. IV.); infusion—50—100 ml.
(CCRAS.) Synonym C. myriocarpus Naud.
182 Cucumis sativus Linn.
Family Cucurbitaceae.
