SANDIA
cucumis citrullus
SANDIA
cucumis citrullus
Family
: Cucurbits.
Description:
herbaceous plant with long, trailing stems, provided with tendrils. The leaves are lobed, deeply divided, corrugated, petiolated, tender, green. The flowers are monoecious: the male bell presented corolla of greenish
yellow
, with three stamens. The
female
, in turn, have
a
simple
ovarian
monolocular. The fruits are sometimes
vegetables
and sometimes oval shaped, depending on the variety, with the smooth surface of green or white bands and streaks. The pulp,
red
or pink, is spongy, translucent, with abundant sugars. The seeds are very abundant, black, and are included in the pulp. Currently this species is known only grown in places plains. Is collected to reach maturity, in the
summer
.
Used parts:
The fruit.
Chemical compounds, salts, vitamins, nitrogen compounds.
Properties:
Eudérmica, diuretic.
How to use:
juice, pulp.
Note:
The caloric content of the fruit is very low and therefore its consumption is advisable for obese people. The water
has
a
strong biological action diuretic, useful in cases of dropsy and renal calcosis. From the seeds an oil is obtained with hypotensive action. The masks are widely used in pulp applications on sensitive skins.
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