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  • COMMON NAME: Bitter gourd, Carilla fruit, Balsam pear, Karolla
  • ARABIC: القرع المر، خيار كيرالا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Momordica charantia L.
  • SYNONYMS: M. muricata Wild.
  • FAMILY: CUCURBITACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fruits (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt)
  • TYPES: Annual
https://assessment.ifas.ufl.edu/assessments/momordica-charantia/ Encyclopedia of medicinal plants of UAE 1&2 from Zayed complex for herbal Research & traditional medicine, AD.
Edible fruit. Treatment of different pathologies, mainly diabetes, cancer, and other inflammation-associated diseases. Used for joint pain relief and against chronic fever, in cases of jaundice and illnesses of the liver or the digestive system because of its diuretic, laxative and anti-helminthic actions. Applied locally in case of chronic skin diseases and to treat burns, boils, and rashes.

herbaceous monoecious climber, much branched angular pubescent stems, tendrils simple. Leaves palmately 5-9 lobed, cordate at base, 5-12 cm long, the lobes more or less sinuate. Flowers unisexual, yellow, on a long slender peduncle 5-15 cm long, with a reniform bract at the base or towards the middle. Fruit orange when ripe.

Cultivated in private farms.
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