Snake gourd


Vegetable Description

Other Common names: Serpent gourd or Snake cucumber. Local name: Potlakaya, chichinda, Padwal.

Snake gourd is composed primarily of water, thus making it an ideal low-calorie veggie to maintain healthy body weight and incorporate into the daily diet. The common name "snake gourd" refers to the narrow, twisted, elongated fruit.

Nutrition:

The snake gourd vegetables, seeds, leaves and juice extracts are enriched with a multitude of crucial fundamental dietary components like carbohydrates, fats, proteins and fibers, vital trace compounds such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C and Vitamin E and minerals and a host of plant substances including phenolics and cucurbitacins.


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