Zehneria maysorensis is a perennial climbing or trailing herb that belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Morphology It is a climber with light greenish stem. Leaves are simple, dark green, glabrous, and coarsely toothed.Madhavan, M., Benny, G., CG, M. and Tharakan, S.T., 2022. The total phenol, flavonoid content and antioxidant activity of Zehneria maysorensis stem and leaf extracts. Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results, 13(4).
Distribution Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina (except Thailand and Cambodia).
Uses Leaves are edible.Narayanan, M.R., Anilkumar, N., Balakrishnan, V., Sivadasan, M., Alfarhan, H.A. and Alatar, A.A., 2011. Wild edible plants used by the Kattunaikka, Paniya and Kuruma tribes of Wayanad District, Kerala, India. J Med Plants Res, 5(15), pp.3520-3529. Leaves are mixed with honey to kill stomach worms.Ayyanar M, Ignacimuthu S, Traditional knowledge of Kani tribals in Kouthalai of Tirunelveli hills, Tamil Nadu, India, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2005; 14:102(2):246-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.06.020. Epub 2005 Jul 28. PMID: 16054791. Fruits are used as a blood purifier.Sharmila, S., Kalaichelvi, K. and Abirami, P., 2015. Ethnopharmacobotanical informations of some herbaceous medicinal plants used by Toda tribes of Thiashola, Manjoor, Nilgiris, Western Ghats, Tamilnadu, India. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, 6(1), p.315.
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