| ID | 437 |
| Crop ID | Colocynth |
| Part | Fruit |
| Use Category | Medicinal |
| Notes | Dried pulp of unripe fruit is used medicinally for its drastic purgative and hydragogue cathartic action on the intestinal tract. When the fruit is ripe its pulp dries to form a powder used as a bitter medicine and drastic purgative. |
| Metadata ID | 7,659 |