Coccinia Grandis

“A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.” Anna Held

It’s tropical wine plant, known by the names Ivy Gourd and Scarlet Gourd.

The flower is white in colour.

Commonly seen in South India.

It’s part of local cuisine.

In traditional medicine its fruits are used to treat leprosy, fever, asthma, bronchitis and jaundice.

Thank you.

Namaste 🙏🙏🙏

Philosophy Through Photography

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This post is part of Cee Neuner’s  FOTD photo challenge

  7 comments for “Coccinia Grandis”

  1. DiosRaw
    January 9, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    Great, fascinating! Thank you for all your work. ❤

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    January 9, 2021 at 3:43 pm

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    • philosophy through photography
      January 10, 2021 at 1:26 pm

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        January 10, 2021 at 1:26 pm

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  3. Orvillewrong
    January 9, 2021 at 8:53 pm

    An enlightening post!

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