• Gometi / गोमेटी / Creeping Cucumber / Solena amplexicaulis
  • Gometi / गोमेटी / Creeping Cucumber / Solena amplexicaulis
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Gometi / गोमेटी / Creeping Cucumber / Solena amplexicaulis

Local Name: Gometi / गोमेटी

Common Name: Creeping Cucumber

Botanical Name: Solena amplexicaulis

Gometi / गोमेटी / Creeping Cucumber / Solena amplexicaulis
Gometi / गोमेटी / Creeping Cucumber / 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

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