Cultivated
Climbing or trailing annual herb . Stems herbaceous , prostrate to ascendent , up to 5 m long , riged , villous . Leaves broadly ovate to orbicular in outline , cordate , glabrous or pubescent , palmately 5-9-lobed , petiolate ; tendrils simple . Inflorescence monoecious , solitary . Flowers male flowers petals pale to deep yellow , ovate to obovate , free ; female flowers petals 0 . 7-1 . 2 cm long . Fruit ovoid-rosstrate or ellipsoid , covered with short and long tubercles , bright orange-red , dehiscent into 3 valves . Seeds in sticky red pulp hanging in two rows from the faces of each valve , ovate-elliptic to oblong in outline . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Not available
No data
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Bitter Gourd
Bitter Melon
Bitter Cucumber
Balsam Pear
Leprosy Gourd
Bitter Apple
Bitter Squash
Not used traditionally.
*https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *https://pza.sanbi.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
