Coccinia grandis (Bimbi, Bimbika)
A perennial, much branched handsome tendril climber, roots sometimes tuberous; leaves simple, deltoid or sub rotund, angled or lobed, bright green above and pale beneathpalmately 5 – nerved from a cordate base with circular glands between the nerves; flowers white, large, unisexual; fruits ovoid or oblong or ellipsoid berried with white streaks, bright scarlet red when ripe; seeds ovoid, compressed, yellowish grey. Flowering-fruiting major part of the year. (Ashok Sheth (Ed.). 2005 The herbs of ayurveda vol.2 Gujarat : Ashok Sheth. p342) |
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तन्वी श्यामा शिखरदशना पक्वबिम्बाधरोष्ठी मध्ये क्षामा चकितहरिणीप्रेक्षणा निम्ननाभिः । श्रोणीभारादलसगमना स्तोकनम्रा स्तनाभ्यां या तत्र स्याद्युवतिविषये सृष्टिराद्येव धातुः ॥ ७९ ॥ Her body is slender, her teeth are sharp, and her lips are like the ripe Bimba fruits; 細い身体 尖った歯に、唇は熟したビンバの実のよう |
In the description of the Yakṣa’s wife, the Bimba fruit is used as a metaphor to describe the freshness and redness of her lips. |
(c) Tomomi Sato 2013
Plants of Meghaduta 