There were 800 open male flowers to one open female flower. Telfairia occidentalis leaf is a very rich source of phytochemicals and the intake of these plant chemicals have a protective potential against some tropical disease in the use of leaf in folk. Several medicinal uses of the fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis in traditional medicine have been documented. Hence this study is aimed at determining the effect of telfairia occidentalis leave extract on testicular histology archipuncture. The use of telfairia occidentalis in reproductive and fertility is gaining grounds. Diversity and production methods of fluted pumpkin. Antioxidant, antimicrobial and antiinflammation activities of telfairia. Mercury intoxication in rodents causes damage to various organs including the brain via oxidative stress. Effect of aqueous extract of telfairia occidentalis leaf. Pdf a motorized fluted pumpkin leaves slicer was designed, fabricated and tested. The stem has five ridges often covered with multicellular hairs, especially when young. General information about telfairia occidentalis tefoc this website uses cookies our website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best possible online experience.
Effects of methanolic leaf extract of telfairia occidentalis hook f. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Testicular damage in telfairia occidentalis extract. Pdf the dosedependent testiculoprotective and testiculotoxic.
Telfairia occidentalis, fluted pumpkin, oysternut, ugu. Common names for the plant include fluted gourd, fluted pumpkin, and ugu. The nuts are said to have an excellent flavor and are also used in africa for a number of medicinal purposes. Mechanizing ugu telfairia occidentalis production and postharvest operations international organization of scientific research 32 p a g e work was intended to boost male fertility. The leaves of the plant are compound, usually 35 foliate, with blades and petioles also. We do not use these to store personal information about you. Combining ability analysis to identify potential parents and hybrids for yield and its related.
Experiments were conducted during 2010 and 2011 cropping seasons at the ladoke akintola university of technology lautech teaching and research farm, ogbomoso 80 10n and 40 10e, nigeria. Fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis is playing an important role in human nutrition. Choose from a variety of file types multiple pdf files, microsoft word documents, microsoft excel spreadsheets, microsoft powerpoint. The ethno botanical use of telfairia occidentalis in india has also been.
Flowering, pollination and fruiting in fluted pumpkin. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Telfairia in kew science plants of the world online. Pdf the fate of telfairia occidentalis seed agglutinin, toa, has been monitored. Female plant growing on a trellis in florida photograph by. The large, darkred seed is rich in fat and protein, and can be eaten whole, ground into powder for another kind of soup, or made into a fermented porridge. Gge biplot analysis of fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis landraces evaluated for. This study is one of the few reports that merges the local knowledge of the. Benefits of fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis hematological properties the aqueous extract of fluted pumpkin leaves telfairia occidentalis can be used for treating anaemia due to the haematinic properties of the leaf. Growth and yield performances of fluted pumpkin telfairia. Article pdf available april 2015 with 289 reads how we measure reads. Pdf effects of methanolic leaf extract of telfairia. Effects of telfairia occidentalis seeds on the serum lipid profile and atherogenic indices of male albino wistar rats article pdf available in pakistan journal of nutrition 149.
However, the earliest reference to telfairia was made by oliver in 1871 and it recorded its presence in upper guinea areas of sierra leone, fernando po, and abeokuta nigeria 2. Common names for the plant include fluted gourd, fluted pumpkin, ugu in the igbo language, and ikongubong in the efik and ibibio languages. These are woody and herbaceous dioecious vines which bear squashlike fruits. Pdf some medicinal values of telfairia occidentalis. The responding cells were defined by flow cytometry and secretion. Fagbemi 9 reported that the leaves and edible shoots. Plants pro duce floral buds 1517 weeks after planting. The fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis is an africa indigenous vegetable which has significant importance in the traditional and family agriculture due to its nutritive value and is considered of more relevance than the exotic vegetables horsfall and spiff, 2005. Pdf design and development of fluted pumpkin telfairia. Telfairia occidentalis in ogbomoso, the guinea savanna zone of south west nigeria. Protective effects of aqueous extract of telfairia. Group a, which served as the control, received distilled water, while. No doubt this acclaimed beneficial value may be popularizing its ingestion amongst male populations on whom paucity of literature is present. It is a crop of commercial importance grown in west africa nigeria, ghana and sierra leone, being the major producers nkang, 2003.
Telfairia cucurbitaceae is usually dioecious, but one monoecious plant was observed. Occidentalism definition of occidentalism by merriamwebster. Telfairia occidentalis is an indigenous vegetable consumed by millions of people in nigeria. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Aqueous extract of telfairia occidentalis leaves reduces blood sugar and increases haematological and reproductive indices in male rats. Growth, yield and nutritional compositions of fluted. Grewia occidentalis lavender starflower fastgrowing, sprawling, evergreen shrub full sun regular water height 6 10 spread 6 10 lavenderpink flowers in late spring through fall use as an espalier, clipped hedge, bank cover or small patio tree, if trained tolerates wind. Plant genetic resources and food security in west and central africa. Andropause, a prevalent pathology of men, results from an imbalance in steroid hormone concentrations that often is associated with aging, and reduces the quality of life of the sufferer.
Growth and yield performances of fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis hook f. Telfairia occidentalis is an evergreen climber growing to 15 m 49ft by 1 m 3ft 3in at a fast rate. Common names for the plant include fluted gourd and fluted pumpkin. Nutritional evaluation of germinated fluted pumpkin. Introduction as the acceptance of herbal remedy is gradually increasing worldwide1, there is a growing concern about the hepatotoxicity of several hundreds of dietary herbsvegetables which have remained either uninvestigated or poorly investigated, and are increasingly used by patients with liver diseases2. Compositional studies of telfairia occidentalis leaves. The present study was carried out to investigate the possible protective role of toae against mercuric chloride hgcl 2induced changes in rat brain. Pdf effects of telfairia occidentalis seeds on the serum. Evaluation of complementary food from blend of fluted pumpkin. This page was last edited on 11 december 2014, at 12. Telfairia occidentalis is a tropical vine grown in west africa as a leaf vegetable and for its edible seeds.
They divided 24 adult male spraguedawley rats into three groups, a, b and c of 8 each. Nwangwa, mordi, ebeye and ojieh 2007 showed that telfairia occidentalis has the potential to regenerate testicular damage and increase spermatogenesis. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Continuing to use this website means you agree to our use of cookies. Aqueous extract of telfairia occidentalis toae may be a preventive agent by virtue of its reported antioxidant property. Occidentalism definition is the characteristic features of occidental peoples or culture. This experiment was conducted to determine the effect of aqueous extract of telfairia occidentalis fluted pumpkin leaf on the performance and haematological indices of starter broilers. Variation of phytolith morphotypes of some members of. Table 1 shows the botanical names, common names and vernacular names of the plant species in efik while fig 1 shows the images of the various plant species. The machine comprises a conveyor system made from a rubber belt, two. Telfairia occidentalis botanical name fluted pumpkins fruit is perhaps the largest in the fruit kingdom, growing to lengths of over 100cm.
This is as a result of the high content of protein and iron in the plant. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. While the fruit itself is not edible, the leaves, shoots and seeds of the fluted gourd are amazingly nutritious and can easily qualify for the word of super food. Mechanizing ugu telfairia occidentalis production and. Fluted pumpkin, oyster nut, oil nut, fluted gourd and telfairia nut english. Abstract the immunomodulating effects of leaf extracts of telfairia occidentalis hook f and tectona grandis li on both humoral and cell mediated immune response s were evaluated in vivo. Telfairia occidentalis tefocoverview eppo global database. Telfairia occidentalis fluted gourd pfaf plant database. The protein quality of the seeds was evaluated using weanling rats fed diets which were formulated to supply 10% dietary protein using ungerminated raw fullfat urf, ungerminated raw defatted urd, ungerminated.
Mgbeogu2 fluted pumpkin, telfairia occidentalis, is native to west africa but occurs mostly in its cultivatedform in various parts of southern nigeria. Introduction as the acceptance of herbal remedy is gradually increasing worldwide1, there is a growing concern about the hepatotoxicity of several hundreds of dietary herbsvegetables which have remained either uninvestigated or poorly investigated, and are. Telfairia occidentalis fluted pumpkin is a leafy vegetable of. Telfairia is a small genus of flowering plants in the squash family which are native to africa.
Fluted pumpkin is majorly cultivated for its leaves and eaten as potherb tindall, 1968. Department of agricultural economics and extension, university of uyo, uyo, akwa ibom state, nigeria. Economic analysis of vegetable 17 issn 20546319 print, issn 20546327online telfairia occidentalis hook f. It is also known as the oyster nut, a common name it shares with its relative telfairia pedata. How to combine files into a pdf adobe acrobat dc tutorials.
They include telfairia occidentalis, the fluted pumpkin, which is an important vegetable in nigeria and other african nations. It is derived from raspbian wheezy august 16 2012 we have made a few key changes to make it more hardwarehacker friendly. Telfairia occidentalis commonly called pumpkin or ugwu in nigeria is one of such plant with claimed medicinal value. A total of 200, 8dayold broiler chicks were randomly allotted to five 5 treatments, each with 4 replicate groups containing 10 chicks and fed with standard starter broiler diets. Telfairia occidentalis fluted pumpkin is a multipurpose. Telfairia occidentalis seeds phytochemical analyses revealed both crude methanol and. Department of biochemistry university of nigeria, nsukka. Pdf on the possible function of telfairia occidentalis agglutinin in. Telfairia occidentalis is popularly known in different languages and countries as follows. An african native liana producing huge fruits with large edible seeds.
Flowering, pollination and fruiting in fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis. Leaf area development and vine growth of telfairia. Muibat olabisi bello a,b, temitope lorine akindele a, deborah olubunmi adeoye a and abdulkabir oladele oladimeji b adepartment of pure and applied chemistry, ladoke akintola university of. It is widely cultivatedfor its palatable and nutritious leaves which are used mainly as vegetable. Plants profile for telfairia occidentalis oysternut.
It is known as ugu igbo language in eastern parts of nigeria. Telfairia occidentalis is a large perennial plant which climbs by means of bifid and tendrils which are usually coiled. Telfairia occidentalis african orphan crops consortium. A telfairia occidentalis seedincorporated diet may be. Telfairia occidentalis, commonly called fluted pumpkin is a vegetable which belongs to the family cucurbitaceae. Biodiversity international 2007, isbn 9789290437505 online pdf. Physicochemical properties and fatty acids profile of seed oil of telfairia occidentalis hook, f. Composition, physicochemical and morphological characterization of pumpkin flour mayyawadee saeleaw 12 and gerhard schleining 2 1 faculty of home economics technology, rajamangala university of technology krungthep, bangkok 10120, thailand 2 department of food sciences and technology, bokuuniversity of natural resources and life sciences vienna. Telfairia occidentalis is consumed in large proportion daily dike, 2010. The fluted gourd grows in many nations of west africa, but is mainly. The effects of germination, boiling and defatting on selected chemical and nutritional properties of fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis hook seeds were investigated. Telfairia occidentalis in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Genetic variability and correlation studies in the fluted pumpkin telfairia occidentalis hook f. This study investigates the usefulness of a diet containing 15% telfairia occidentalis seeds in the inhibition of the induction of experimental andropause.
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