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The Lanna Eating Culture
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Ivy gourd


 
            Coccinia grandis Voigt
 
            Cucumbitaceae
 
            Ivy gourd, Scarlet fruited gourd
 
            Phak khaep (Northern); Phak Tamlueng (Central); (Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, 1343); Khae do (Karen-Mae Hong Son) (Botanical Organization 2004; Mek Canprayun, 2005, p. 69); Phak Tamnin (Nortrheast) (Mek Canprayun, 2005, p. 69).
 
            Leaves broadly ovated-cordate, a little deeply palmaltilobate, serrate, 3-4 cm. wide, 5-6 cm. long. Flowers dioecious, solitary, bell-shaped, with 5 ovate, acuminiate lobes, white with yellow pestil, 2-4 blooming April-December. Berry oblong-ovoid like a cucumber but much smaller, red when ripe, 2-3 cm. wide, 5-7 cm. long; seeds pyriform, June-January. (Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, p. 1343)
 
        
            Beta Carotene, Vitamin A, calcium, phosphorus, (Phak Phuen Ban A-han Phuen Mueang, 2007, p. 45)
        
Fresh leaves are crushed and liquid is dropped on site of poisonous or painful insect bite. In Lanna folk medicine leaves are used as an ingredient in the formula to treat cancer, epilepsy and cut wounds.
Roots are used in the formula to treat mouth sores, yellow eye, cold hands and feet and still birth effects (Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, p. 1343); itchy skin and skin diseases, to reduce sugar in the blood (Phak Phuen Ban A-han Phuen Mueang, 2007, 45; Mek Chanprayuin, 2005,69)
 
            All year round
 
            

Kanchana Diwiset, et al., Compiler. (2005). Phak Phuen Ban A-han Phuen Mueang. Phennapha Sapcharoen, Ed. 2nd ed. Nontaburi: Center for Development of Traditional Thai Medicine. (in Thai).

Phak Phuen Ban A-han Thai. (2005). Bangkok: Saengdaet. (in Thai).

Phak Phuen Ban A-han Phuen Mueang (2007). Bangkok: Fa Aphai Co. Ltd. (in Thai).

Mek Chanprayun. (2005). Phak Phuen Ban: Khlet Khong Khon Ayu Yuen. 6th ed. Bangkok: Mitimai. (in Thai).

Rattana Phromphichai. (1999). Phak Khaep. In Saranukrom Wattanatham
Thai Phak Nuea
(Vol. 3, p. 1343). Bangkok: The Siam Commercial
Bank Foundation for the Encyclopedia of Thai Culture. (in Thai).