Cucurbita maxima, Mathanga, Pumpkin, Winter squash, മത്തങ്ങ, മത്തൻ

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Vernacular names: Mathanga, മത്തങ്ങ, മത്തൻ (Malayalam), Pumpkin, Winter squash (English), Kushmanda, Peetaphala (Sanskrit), Kaddu (Hindi), Arasanikai, Parankikayi (Tamil)
Distribution: Native of tropical and subtropical America, now cosmopolitan
Description: Tendrillate climbers. Leaves orbicular or reniform, entire or emarginate, 5-angled or lobed. Flowers yellow axillary, solitary, large. Fruits large; seeds ovate, yellowish.
Habit: Climbers/Lianas
Habitat: Cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: September-May

Parts used: Fruit and seeds
Properties & Uses: Laxative, sedative, anti-inflammatory and diuretic. Fruit pulp is used as poultice, applied to burns, inflammations, snake bite and boils. Seeds are diuretic and used in cystitis, tapeworm and intestinal infections, to arrest enlargement of prostate gland.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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