Choongan he choongan a vertile vegetable by Allah Dad Khan

2. CHONG (Caralluma Tuberculata )
Presentation
By Allah Dad Khan
allahdad52@gmail.com

3.  Caralluma is a genus of flowering plants in
the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, consisting
of about 120 species. The generic name is
derived from the Arabic word qahr al-luhum,
meaning "wound in the flesh" or "abscess,"
referring to the floral odour. Most of the
species occur in Africa, including several taxa
valued by people for their medicinal
properties.

4.  Caralluma is a succulent plant (cactus) from
Pakistan. In country it grows wild and is
often used as a border in gardens and as a
roadside shrub.
 It is also found in the wild in Africa, Saudi
Arabia, Canary Islands, Afghanistan, and
Southern Europe
 Caralluma is cooked as a vegetable and
 is used in preserves such as chutneys
 and pickles. It is also eaten raw.

5.  The genus Caralluma (Asclepiadaceae)
comprises about 260 species that are
succulent, perennial and branched herbs.
The species are distributed in Middle East,
Africa, Spain and some other countries. In
Pakistan, two species C. tuberculata (N.E.
Brown) and C. edulis (Edgew) grow wild in
the scattered foot-hill areas of Suleiman and
Hindukush ranges in Baluchistan, Punjab and
Khyber Paktunkhwa

6. Language Name
Pashto Pumankay
Urdu Choongan
English Bitter Cress
Botanical Caralluma
Tuberculata

7. 1. India - Jammu and Kashmir,
Punjab; Pakistan
2. Traditionally, Indian tribes chewed chunks
of caralluma to keep from being hungry
during a long hunt.
3. These days, a solution that contains
chemicals taken from the plant (extract) is
used to decrease appetite for weight loss.
4. It is also used to quench thirst and to
increase endurance.

8. It is widely distributed in Pakistan in almost all
the four Provinces but the most common in
Baluchistan and secondly in NWFP.
Basically, the Caralluma herb is an edible succulent
plant. It has been utilized by the people for over a
hundred years for many purposes, including the control
of hunger and improved strength. However it has also
been simply used in cooking, as Caralluma is a typical
part
of the diet.

10. Spiny leaves and thick flowers characterize the Caralluma plant.
The flowers are star
shaped and may be purple, red, black or yellow. They are typically
shown during the
summer or fall. The Caralluma stands with an angular stem and is
clump forming.
While the herb has been found extremely useful in many kinds of
situations.

11.  Stem succulent, angular, up to 15 cm tall, branches 8-13 mm
broad. Flowers in terminal cymes, pedicellate. Sepals ovate-
lanceolate. Corolla 8-9 mm in diameter, dark purple, deeply
divided, lobes lanceolate, glabrous. Follicles 8-10.5 cm, glabrous,
gradually tapering towards the tip.

12. Caralluma as Vegetable - Hundreds upon
hundreds of years, even before the Caralluma
herb was known to the Western world, it has
been utilized by the peoples as a vegetable. It
has also been mixed with chutneys and pickles.
It can be consumed both cooked and raw. The
green follicles of the herb are often boiled,
salted, and consumed.
Our greengrocer says that it is good to purify the blood
when it is eaten as a green vegetable (although it is
bitter like karella or bitter melon, so the juice needs
to be removed prior to cooking) and it is also good for
skin problems and diabetes. It can be made into a
pickle or chutney, but we have only eaten it cooked,
as the juice is very bitter

13.  i1.Caralluma s a plant largely associated with Indian hunter-gatherers for
its apparent appetite suppressing properties.,stamina enhancer , food
and thrist quencher .
 2. Helps in weight loss., blocks the enzyme citrate lyase , Malonyl
Coenzyme When these enzyme’s activity istopped, body cannot produce
fat , Chong forces your body to start burning its own fat reserves, thus
promoting fat loss.
 3. Chong is believed to work directly on the appetite control center of
your brain, specifically the hypothal
 4.Caralluma is a “new” discovery in the west in the family of cactii and
succulent plants that are becoming increasingly popular for their appetite
suppressant, and loss properties, as well as their ability to lower blood
sugar.amus, to suppress your appetite.
 5.Used In Diabetes

14.  Sold one pot in Pakistan @ 300 Rupees
 Sold one pot in America @25 Dollars

15. 1. Preparation of Pot)
a) Size of pot = ( 10X3 inches)
b) Mix the following ingredients ( Sand: Silty clay:FYM: Wood
Bran)( 1:1:1:1)
c) Mix the ingredients thoroughly .
d) Fill the pot and left one inch space for water.
e) Place pots I haf sun and shade place.
2.Propogation through seed
a) Chong starts flowers in March and gives uptil July .
b) Seed form in June July .
c) The seed is sown inn July
d) Seed germinate after 20 days.
e) Plant produced take time to maturity .
F ) Not pregferable.

16. 3. Through Cutting Propagation
a) Can be sown year round .
b) Cutting with root and with out roots germinate 100%
c) Plant 30 gm cutting in a pot of ( 10X3 inch)
4.Method of Sowing
a. If through seed , seed depth not more then one inch.
b. Cutting to be planted ½ to 1 inch deep.
c. After planting light watering .
5.Irrigation
a) In winter after 15 days interval
b) In summer after 7 days interval.

17. Shoots with 5 cm in height were separated
and individual shoots were transferred for
rooting to half-strength MS medium containing
different concentrations of
NAA (α-naphthalene acetic acid),
IAA (indole-3-acetic acid) and
IBA (Indole-3-butyric acid). The cultures
were incubated under 16 h photoperiod for 30
days until the micro shoots developed the
roots.