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  • कर्कारुः
  • कर्कॊटकी
  • कर्चूरः
  • कूर्चशीर्षकः
  • करजः
  • करञ्जः
  • करञ्जी
  • कर्णिकारः
  • कर्पूरः
  • कर्पूरा
  • करभञ्जिका
  • क्रमुकः
  • कर्मरङ्गम्
  • करमर्दः
  • करमर्दिका

    • Name - कर्कारुः

    Botanical name - Cucurbita pepo

    Description - Annual, heavy creeper; stem hispid; leaves simple, alternate, petiolate, leaf blade 5-lobed, 10-15 cm in diameter, soft hairs present on petiole and leaf blade; flowers yellow, unisexual, monoecious, 7.5-10.0 cm long, peduncle of female flower shorter than that of the male flower; fruiting peduncle woody, strongly grooved; pepo large, many-seeded; seeds exatbuminous, compressed

    Chemical Constituents- Seeds contain resinous substance phytostearin and salicylic acid, fatty oil and sterols. Stem and Leaf: alkaloids, ulcer preventing vitamin U; Flower: flavonol glycerides; Pollen and Stigma : flavonoids; Seed: cucurbitine, stigmasta-7,24 (28)-dien-3betanol.

    Use - Seeds used as a taeniacide