Luffa acutangula, Kattupeechil, Peechil, Ridged luffa, കാട്ടുപീച്ചിൽ, പീച്ചിൽ

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Vernacular names: Kattupeechil, Peechil, കാട്ടുപീച്ചിൽ, പീച്ചിൽ (Malayalam), Ridged luffa (English), Dhamargava, Ksweda (Sanskrit), Kalitori (Hindi), Kirutavetanai, Kosataki (Tamil)
Distribution: India
Description: Tendrillate climbers. Leaves alternate, palmately 5-lobed. Male flowers in 10-20 flowered axillary racemes; female flowers on 5-7 cm long peduncles, solitary in the same axils as male peduncles. Fruit clavate; seeds black, beaked, narrowly winged in the beak region, verrucose, compressed.
Habit: Climbers/Lianas
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests
Flowering & Fruiting: September-December

Parts used: Leaves, fruit and seeds
Properties & Uses: Anti-pyretic, diuretic and nutritive. Seeds are used for the treatment of cough, asthma and skin diseases. it is also used as a purgative.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Homeo,
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