Gometi / गोमेटी / Creeping Cucumber / Solena amplexicaulis

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Other Names

  • Local Name: Gometi / गोमेटी
  • Common Name: Creeping Cucumber
  • Botanical Name: Solena amplexicaulis

Status & Habitat

  • Habitat: Climber
  • Occurrence: Open grasslands, scrublands, wastelands, and disturbed areas
  • Season of Availability: Monsoon
  • Geography: Tropical South Asia
  • Method of Propagation: Roots
  • Part used for Propagation: Roots

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Tuber
  • Can be Eaten Raw: Yes

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: Yes
  • Ripe: Yes
  • Both Raw & Ripe: Yes
  • Dangerous Form to Consume: N/A
  • As Food: Unripe fruits are consumed; shoots, leaves and tubers may be consumed or used in ayurvedic medicine.
  • As Medicine: Fruit or leaves help with digestion and improving appetite.
  • Cooking Method: Unripe fruit used in salads and curries; shoots, leaves and tubers eaten.
  • Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A
  • Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: No
  • Souring Agents Required: N/A

Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

  • Nutritional Benefit: Antioxidant, antimicrobial and analgesic properties
  • Medicinal Benefit: Helps improve digestion and appetite.

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Fruit or leaves help with digestion and improving appetite.

Recipes / Usage

  • Tribal Recipe / Usage: Sabji:
    Boiled unripe fruits are drained, added to a pan with mustard seeds, onion, garlic, chili, turmeric, and salt, and cooked thoroughly.

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