The Cucurbitaceae family comprises about 115 genera and 960 species of different fruits and vegetables, which are rich sources of proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibers, and many bioactive ...

Bitter melon is high in vitamin C and other nutrients. It also contains compounds that may have health benefits. Bitter melon — also known as bitter gourd or Momordica charantia — is a tropical vine ...

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African bitter melon, or Momordica charantia, is a tropical vine that has been used in traditional medicine for centuries ...

India (Bombay Presidency): fruit eaten; (Western Rajasthan): ripe fruit eaten; unripe, green fruit eaten as vegetable in curry.

Often used in the matoli for Ganesh Chaturthi and later consumed, the seasonal fagla fruit or the spine gourd is being studied by the ICAR-CCARI, Old Goa, for its characteristics. This is for the ...