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  2. Momordica charantia - Wikipedia

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    Momordica charantia, (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karavila and many more names listed below) [1] is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae,widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit.

  3. Ginataang ampalaya - Wikipedia

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    Ginataang ampalaya, is a Filipino vegetable stew made from bitter melon and tinapa (smoked fish) in coconut milk, bagoong alamang (shrimp paste), and spices. The dish can also be made with pork or shrimp and other vegetables. The dish is characteristically savory and slightly bitter due to the ingredients used. It is a type of ginataan.

  4. Momordica - Wikipedia

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    This wild melon is relatively small in size compared to cultivated bitter melon. Momordica charantia (bitter melon, Mandarin Chinese: kǔ guā 苦瓜) is native to Africa but has been used in Chinese folk medicine for centuries as a 'bitter, cold' herb, and has recently been brought into mainstream Chinese medicine as well as natural medical ...

  5. Ginataan - Wikipedia

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    Ginataang ampalaya, bitter melon and tinapa in coconut milk Laing, taro leaves with meat or seafood in coconut milk Binignit, dessert soup of various root crops, fruits, tapioca pearls, and glutinous rice in coconut milk. Adobo sa gata; Curacha Alavar; Ginataang ampalaya; Ginataang isda; Ginataang kalabasa; Ginataang kuhol; Ginataang labong ...

  6. Charantin - Wikipedia

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    Charantin is a chemical substance obtained from the Asian bitter melon (Momordica charantia), reputed to be responsible for the hypoglycaemic properties of those plants. It was identified by Lolitkar and Rao in 1960.

  7. Cucurbitaceae - Wikipedia

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    Momordica – bitter melon. Luffa – commonly called 'luffa' or ‘luffa squash'; sometimes spelled loofah. Young fruits may be cooked; when fully ripened, they become fibrous and unpalatable, thus becoming the source of the loofah scrubbing sponge. Cyclanthera – Caigua.