13/09/2025
What exactly is the miraculous leaf 🍀 Pata Baba is sharing?
✅Details
Scientific name: Coccinia grandis
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Common names:
English – Ivy gourd
Hindi – Kundru / Tindora
Bengali/Assamese – Patal pata (পাতাল পাতা)
Manipuri – Tairen
Bishnupriya Manipuri - Patali Pata.
It is a climbing vine, and its fruits are small green gourds (like mini-cucumbers).
🌿 Identification (চিনানি)
1. Leaves: Heart-shaped, 3–5 lobes, soft green.
2. Growth habit: A fast-growing vine that climbs on trees, fences, or walls.
3. Fruit: Small, green-striped, turns red when ripe (edible).
4. Flowers: White, star-shaped blossoms.
🌱 Uses in Folk Medicine
Leaves: Used for fever, stomach pain, diabetes management (believed to reduce sugar levels).
Medicinal Uses (Ayurveda & Folk):
Decoction of leaves used for liver and spleen disorders.
Traditionally taken for jaundice, fever, stomach upset, and constipation.
Leaf juice applied on the skin for eczema, boils, and wounds.
Considered a blood purifier.
Fruit: Eaten as a vegetable, rich in beta-carotene and fiber.
Paste: Applied to wounds and skin infections.
⚠️ Warning: While Ivy gourd is commonly eaten as a vegetable, using raw leaf extracts for treatment should be done only under guidance of an Ayurvedic or herbal doctor.
