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  • राजकॊशातकी
  • राजजम्बू
  • राजधान्यं
  • राजपुत्रकः
  • राजपुत्रिका
  • राजॆयः
  • राजवृक्षः
  • राजाम्रः
  • राजार्हं
  • राजिका
  • राजिमत्फला
  • राजी
  • राजीफलः
  • रामठम्
  • रामसॆनकः
  • Name - राजकॊशातकी

    Botanical name - Luffa acutangula

    Description - Large climber. Leaves palmately 5 to 7-angled or lobed. Male flowers in racemes. Female flowers solitary. Fruits long, cylindrical with 10 ridges.

    Chemical Constituents- Herb contains acutosides A-G. Roots contain cucurbitacin B and traces of cucurbitacin D. Ripe seeds contain acutosides H and I, oleanolic acid, bitter principles cucurbitacins B, D, G & H; also saponin. Seed kernel contains fatty oil

    Use - Leaves used as a poultice in hemorrhoids, leprosy and spleenitis; juice in conjunctivitis; decoction in uremia and amenorrhoea. Ripe seeds emetic and purgative.