Momordica charantia L.

English: Balsam Apple, Bitter Gourd, Bitter Melon

German: Bittergurke

Mandarin: 苦瓜 (ku gua)

Portuguese: Melão amargo

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Cucurbitales (26)

        Family: Cucurbitaceae (26)(family description)

          Genus: Momordica (4)

            Epithet: charantia L. (1)

charantia => from L., but origion unexplained, not ital.

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Momordica charantia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [307] Momordica charantia - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER)
• [1189] Momordica - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1721] Momordica charantia - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.