SPINY CUCUMBER - Cucumis dipsaceus

INDIAN Cucumis dipsaceus

SYSTAMATIC CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom	Plantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta  – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Rosanae
	Order	Cucurbitales
	Family	Cucurbitaceae  – gourds, squashes, citrouilles, gourdes
	Genus	Cucumis L. – melon
	Species	Cucumis dipsaceus   E hrenb. ex Spach – hedgehog gourd

uses : 

• THE LEAVES AND ROOTS ARE USED TO CURE WOUNDS.
• THE FRUIT IS ANTIOXIDANT.

AND IT HAS NUTRIONAL VALUE

In the quantification of amino acids and minerals, it was found that almost all essential amino acids are present in an appreciable amount in the leaf sample. The amount of glutamic acid is higher (10.72%), whereas the amount of glutamine and tryptophan could not be detected. It was reported that for a healthy human diet, a normal man should take 15 mg of threonine, 4 mg of cysteine, 10 mg of methionine, 26 mg of valine, 20 mg of isoleucine, 39 mg of leucine, 15 mg of tyrosine, 10 mg of histidine, 25 mg of phenylalanine, and 30 mg of lysine per kg/day of body weight 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ,NUTRITIONAL VALUE SEE :  https://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2013/890451/

SYED FURKHAN