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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.
English: Bitter melons in Ali Nihat Gökyiğit Botanical Garden of Çukurova University, Balcalı, Sarıçam - Adana, Turkey. Türkçe: Kudret narı. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ali Nihat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi, Balcalı, Sarıçam - Adana, Türkiye.
Citrullus Colocynthis Fruit in Behbahan Wild Citrullus Colocynthis. Citrullus colocynthis, with many common names including Abu Jahl's melon, (native name in Turkey) [2] colocynth, [3] bitter apple, [3] bitter cucumber, [3] egusi, [4] vine of Sodom, [3] or wild gourd, [3] is a poisonous desert viny plant native to the Mediterranean Basin and West Asia, especially the Levant, [5] [6] [7] Turkey ...
Taste: Bitter. Though this melon hails from the Indian subcontinent, it’s grown all over Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Due to its bitterness, bitter melon is used like a vegetable more than a ...
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 ...
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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.
For instance, in neighborhoods with large immigrant populations, especially from Southeast Asian countries, it’s common to find foods like bitter melon, amaranths, and numerous types of gourds ...