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Momordica dioica

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Roxburgh ex Willdenow

Common Names

• Small Bitter Gourd
• Chatel (Nepali)
• Chatali (Newari)
• Kanchan Arak (Satar)
• Yun nan mu bie (Pinyin)
• Ban-karala (India)
• Hinga-baung (Myanmar)
• Kyet-hin-ga (Myanmar)
• Kyet-hin-khar (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangldesh
• W. China
• India
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka

Natural Habitats

• Mountain thickets
• roadsides.

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (India)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Nov

Herbaceous perennial tuberous-rooted dioecious simple tendril climber with angular stems. Toothed glabrous 3-5 lobed leaves. 80mm whitish flowers, solitary male flowers with yellow petals, solitary pilose female flowers. Spiny very pilose orange fruit to 75mm long.

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• Mobot
• JDH
• J.S. Gamble
• The Plant List 2
• BF
• USNH
• Botanicus