Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

ÁÐÃТÕ鹡 Momordica charantia Linn. CUCURBITACEAE 4

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Descriptions :
Climber Perenial climber up to 2 m long, hairy, tendril, bitter, plant dioecious. Leaves ; simple, alternate, palmate, deeply 5 lobes, palmate venation, base round to cordate, hairy, 4-6 by 5-7 cm. Petiole 2-3 cm long, hairy. Flower; solitary, imperfect, producing from axillary bud, sepal 5, green, petal 5, bright yellow, obovate or spatulate, 2-3 by 4-6 cm. Staminate flower; epipetalous stamen, 6, yellow. Pistilate flower; inferior ovary, 1 locule, axile placentation, stigma yellow trifid, style short, Fruit; peppo, rugulate exocarp, elliptic shape.