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Bitter Gourd (Engl.)
Momordica charantia L.
AllAnnual, creeping, tendrils Height: 20 cm Leaves: Leaf blade ovate-reniform, 4-12 × 4-12 cm; lobes ovateoblong, palmate, obtuse or acute. Flowers: Plants have separate male and female flower; male flowers solitary in the base of leaves, calyx white, corolla yellow; female flowers solitary of base. Fruits: Fruits orange when matured, 10-20 cm, with numerous oblong seeds in shape.
Location & Habitat
CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR), BENGUET, KIBUNGAN, Naturalized | CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR), MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, BARLIG, Naturalized
Research
Benguet State University: Documentation and Digitalization of Traditional Knowledge and Health Practices: Kankanaeys of Palina and Ekachakran Ethnolinguistic Groups of the Cordillera
Quick Info
- Scientific Name
- Momordica charantia L.
- Local Name
- Bitter Gourd (Engl.)
- Family
- Not provided
- Category
- All
- Date Collected
- Jun 28, 2026
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