Dear All, The plant called is *Cyclanthera pedata * Please check: *http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caihua.jpg http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Cyclanthera+pedata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caigua*. Lots of information on Wikipedia: especially: "In case of disease or/and obesity it can be eaten as juice extract during a fast. It is also effective as dehydrated powder. It has various traditional medicinal usages, mainly to:control cholesterol, reduce obesity, control high blood pressure, regulates the metabolism of lipids and sugar in the blood stream and decreasing cholesterol."
*Cyclanthera pedata* (L.) Schrad. SYNONYM(S) : *Cyclanthera pedata* (L.) Schrad. var. *edulis* (Naudin) Cogn., *Momordica pedata* L. ENGLISH : Korila, Korilla, Slipper gourd, Wild cucumber, Caigua (Haiti) (pronounced kai-wa).On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Regards, Usha --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
