Cover crop
In Zimbabwe, intercropping colocynth at a density of 33% of that of maize in maize fields resulted in a decrease of 50-66% of weed load. Lower density of colocynth was not effective (Mashingaidze, 2004).
Methane mitigation
In India, colocynth fruit fed at 1% in a cattle diet decreased rumen emissions of methane (Hundal et al., 2020).