Botanical name:-Passiflora foetida
Family name:-PASSIFLORACEAE
English name :-Wild water melon
Sinhala name:-Pada wel
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Description:-The stems are thin and wiry, covered with minute sticky yellow hairs. Older stems become woody. The leaves are three- to five-lobed and viscid-hairy. When crushed, these leaves give off a pungent odor that some people consider unpleasant. The flowers are white to pale cream coloured, about 5–6 cm diameter. The fruit is globose, 2–3 cm diameter, yellowish-orange to red when ripe, and has numerous black seeds embedded in the pulp; the fruit are eaten and the seeds dispersed by birds
Distribution:-Sri lanka, Indiasouth-eastern Asia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,and many Pacific islands (e.g. American Samoa, Western Samoa, the Cook Islands, the Marshall Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Tonga and Hawaii).
Status:-Ntive
Edible parts:-Fruit
Ayurvedic usage:-
Treatment for:- Pulmonary disorders, Dropsy, Swelling, Gout, Paralysis, Convulsion, Epilepsy, Venereal diseases.
Parts used to make medicine:Roots, LeavesPropagation:-Seeds