Plant Details

Accepted name:: Momordica charantia L. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Momordica charantia subsp. charantia

Momordica charantia subsp. macroloba Ach.-Dako & Blattner

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african cucumber	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amargoso	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ambuvallika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amerikanische bittergurke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ampalaya	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ampuvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
art pumpkin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asorosi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
assorossi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
baan-caryla	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
balsam apple	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
balsam pear	Other	Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE (2005) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
balsam-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
balsam-pear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
balsambirne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
balsamina	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
balsamina-longa	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
balsamino	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
balsamito	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ban kareli	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
baramasiya	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
barbof	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
batu karawila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bitter apple	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bitter cucumber	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bitter gourd	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE (2005) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bitter melon	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bitter pear melon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bitter squash	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bitter-cucumber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bitter-melon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bittergurka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bittergurke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bittergurke amarikanische	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
bobobo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
brihadvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broomweed	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bálsamo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
caiba blanca	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
caiva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calaica	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
calaica pepino	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
caprika	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
carailla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
carilla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
carilla fruit	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
carilla gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cearasee	Other	Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE (2005)
cerasee	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
chiquita	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
chiripatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirabhata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civvika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civvikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
concombre	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
concombre africain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
condiamor	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
coraillie	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cucavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cun de amor	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cundeamor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cutamaniyakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daddagu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ejirin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
embusabusu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
eyezom	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
fisa-ul-himar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
fructus momordicae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
futoreishi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
galinha-de-melão	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
garaafunii	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
garahuni	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
goya	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
haagala balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haagala kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haagala kaayi balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haagalakaayi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hagala-kayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hagala-kayi-gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hagalakai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hagalakayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hagalkaai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hagola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaakara kaay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaakara kaaya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kabiral	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kagalakayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaipavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaippa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kaippa-valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaippan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaippavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakacha	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kakara-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakayi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kakiral	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kakle	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kakotci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakral	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kakrol	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
kalara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kandakataka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantakakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantaphalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappakka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kara-valli-lata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karaila	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karala	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
karale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavallaka	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
karavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavallilata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavellah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavellai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavellaka	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavellam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavellika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karawallilata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karawila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
karela	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
karela-ka-pani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karelah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kareli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karelo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kareti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karial	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karikalakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karikalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karilla fruit	Other	Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE (2005)
karilo	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karla	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
karlara	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
karle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karolla	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE (2005) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kathila	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kathilla	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kathillaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katillaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katunapacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaypa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayppakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayppakarkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentirakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kerela	Other	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
khakatik	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khoor qua	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
khukshi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khyar carilla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
khyar karilla	Other	Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE (2005)
kokouli	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kompanpakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kompu pakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kompukan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kompukappakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kompupakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kompuppakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotippakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krimighna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku gua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kugua tea	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kuguazi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kulakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuranam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kãravella	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kãravellí	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kôrola	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013)
kāravallaka (fresh fruit)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kāravallī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kāravella	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
lenzaa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
leprosy gourd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lumba-lumba	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
lumbusu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
lumbuzi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ma ra	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
machete	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
maha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
maiden apple	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
maiden’s blush	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
makalalask	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
makalalaska	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
malaippirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manamat	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
mange kuli	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
manokkiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mara	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
mara khee nok	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
mara khinok	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015)
margose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
margoze	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
margozi	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
mbosa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
mbunbulu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
melao caetano	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melao de sao caetano	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melaode sao caetano	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
meleni	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
melon, bitter	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
meláo de sáo caetano	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melã	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melão-de-sabiá	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
melão-de-são-caetano	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mettakaakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mettakakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mexicaine	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
midi kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
midigaayi balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miniklalasni	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
mitipakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
momordica	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
momordica herb	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
momordicae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
momordique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
momotica	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
mreah	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
muw	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
nacimcavetanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagareishi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
nakaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nania nania	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
nara cheen	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
nguene	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
nigauri	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
nittappakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nyanla	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nyanra	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nyanya	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nyanyra	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
nyinya	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
okookoo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ooo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oorakaakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paagal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagal kombu-pagal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
paharkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakar palam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakarkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakarkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palia	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
palupakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panaminik	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pandi-pavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panripputal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panti-pavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pantipavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papari	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
papayilla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
papilla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
paria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
paroka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pasanauralpokki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pataikkulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pataikulaittan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavackkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pavakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavakka	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pavakka-chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavakka-cheti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavakkachedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pavakkacheti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavakkayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pepino montero	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pepinomontero	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
peria	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
peria katak	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
periya laut	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
phakha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
phekwasi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
piraca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pom kouli	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pomme nerveille	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pomme-cooli	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pommez’indiens	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
potikankara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punaipputal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putappirama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qara à mor	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
qisaul-barri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
quisaul-barri	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
rahavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saga	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sail	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
serimentok	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
seripupa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sima hang	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sima-hang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sima-zang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sorosi	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sorosí	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
sorrow see	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
su sa ba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukshmavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
susavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sushavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
susuvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takrukse	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tanakanniyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tasplira	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
tellakakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellakaakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tofahal	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
tomacó	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
toyavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tusacopana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uchhe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ugrakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulankuppakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulhimar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
urakakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urdhvasita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urkkuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urttuvacitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varivallí	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
varivallī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vegetable insulin	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
vencanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vikkinoyakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visakantaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vurluk	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
wild balsam pear	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
wild cucumber	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
wild sopro	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
yakunaj aak´	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
yakunaj xiw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
yesquin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
zaguezrou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
කරවිල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
බටු කරවිල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‘ha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
‘hail	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
‘phak	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
Fruits, seeds, leaves, roots		Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE (2005)
Fruits, Roots		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Fruit, Whole plant, Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Fruits, Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Fruit		Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit, leaf, seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
fruit	fresh fruit	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
fruit	fresh fruit	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
leaf, stem		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
fruit		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
fruit	dried fruit	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
Fruit, Leaf		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Fruits, Juice fruit, Leaf + fruit, Root + fruit, Seed		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
fruits		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Momordica charantia	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Momordica charantia L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE (2005) Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Medicinal plants in South Pacific (WHO, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Momordica charantia L. var. charantia	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Momordica charantia Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Momordica charantia Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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