Plant Details

Accepted name:: Momordica charantia L. [Cucurbitaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Momordica charantia subsp. macroloba Ach.-Dako & Blattner

Momordica charantia subsp. charantia

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
a'jayib al maasi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
african cucumber	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
amargoso	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
ambuvallika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amerikanische bittergurke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ampalaya	Other	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
ampuvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
art pumpkin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
asorosi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
assorossi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
assorossie	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
baan-caryla	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
balsam apple	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
balsam pear	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (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) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
balsam-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
balsam-pear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
balsambirne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
balsamina	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
balsamino	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
balsamito	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsampear	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ban kareli	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
baramasiya	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
barbof	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
batu karawila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bitter apple	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
bitter cucumber	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
bitter gourd	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) CAMs Among Type 2 Diabetes (Medagama et al., 2014) Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
bitter melon	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
bitter pear melon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
bitter pumpkin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bitter squash	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bitter-cucumber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitter-melon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bittergourd	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bittergurka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bittergurke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blsam pear	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bobobo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
brihadvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broomweed	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
busi sopropo	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
bálsamo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caiba blanca	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
caiva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calaica	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
calaica pepino	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
caprika	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
carailla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
carilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
carilla fruit	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
carilla gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cearasee	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
cerasee	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
chin li chih	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
concombre africain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
condiamor	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
coraillie	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
cucavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cucumber	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cun de amor	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
cundeamor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
cutamaniyakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daddagu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
daging buah paria	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
daun peria	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ejinrin	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
ejirin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
ekstrak kental daging buah paria	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
embusabusu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
eyezom	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
fisa-ul-himar	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
fructus momordicae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
futoreishi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
galinha-de-melão	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
garaafunii	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
garafunii	Other	Leafy Veg. in NW Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
garahuni	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
goya	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
gule khandan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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)
hú lú kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
k'u kua	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
k'u kua kan	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kaaravella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaaravellaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaathilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaattu pagar-kai	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
kabiral	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kagalakayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kaipakka	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kaipavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaippa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kakara-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakayi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kakiral	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kakle	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kakotci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakral	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kakrol	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
kalara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. 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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karala	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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)
karavila	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
karawallilata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karawila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
karela	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indig. Knwlg. on Med. Flora, Pakistan (Shah et al., 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
karela-ka-pani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karelaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karelah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kareli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & 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	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
karilo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karla	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
karlara	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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) Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kathila	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
khakatik	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khoor qua	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
khukshi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khyar carilla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
khyar karilla	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
kokouli	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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)
koo kwa kan	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kotippakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krimighna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku gua	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kugua tea	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kuguazi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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)
kw-kwa kau	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kãravella	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kãravellí	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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)
kǔ guā shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lai kua	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lai p'u t'ao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
lenzaa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
leprosy gourd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lumba-lumba	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
lumbusu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
lumbuzi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
ma ra	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
mabumbolu	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
machete	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
maha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
maiden apple	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
maiden’s blush	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
makalalask	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
makalalaska	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
malaippirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manamat	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
mange kuli	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
manokkiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mara	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
mara khee nok	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
mara khinok	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
margose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
margoze	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
margozi	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
mbosa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
mbunbulu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
melao caetano	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melao de sao caetano	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melaode sao caetano	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
meleni	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
meláo de sáo caetano	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melã	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melão	Other	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014)
melão de são caetano	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
melão-de-sabiá	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
melão-de-são-caetano	Other	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mettakaakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mettakakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mexicaine	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
mitipakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
momordica	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
momordica herb	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
momordicae charantiae pericarpii extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
momordicae charantiae pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
momordicae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009)
momordique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
momotica	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
mreah	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
mtsutsulu	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
muw	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
nacimcavetanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagareishi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
nakaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nania nania	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
nara cheen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
nguene	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
nigauri	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
nittappakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nyanla	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
nyanra	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
nyanya	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
nyanyra	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
nyesike kwin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
nyinya	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
okookoo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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)
paakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pagal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagal kombu-pagal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagel	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
paharkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
palupakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panaminik	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
papayilla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
papilla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
pare	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
paroka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
pavakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
pavakka	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
pepino montero	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pepinomontero	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
peria	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
peria katak	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
peria kecil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
peria laut	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
peria liar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
peria pahit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
periok	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
periuk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
periya laut	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
phakha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
phekwasi	Other	Pl. & 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
pomme nerveille	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
pomme-cooli	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
pommez’indiens	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
qisaul-barri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
quisaul-barri	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
rahavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saga	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
sail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
salara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
salsamino	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
serimentok	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
seripupa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
sima hang	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
sima-hang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sima-zang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sorci	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sorosi	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
sorossi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sorossie	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sorossies	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sorosí	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
sorrow see	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
sot-cawee-katun	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
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)
sushaavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sushavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
susuvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takrukse	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tanakanniyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tasplira	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
tellakakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellakaakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tofahal	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
ugrakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulankuppakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulhimar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
varivallī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vegetable insulin	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (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 Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
wild balsam apple	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
wild balsam pear	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
wild cucumber	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
wild sopro	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
yinsikwin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
yě xiǎo kǔ guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zaguezrou	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
‘hail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
‘phak	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
苦瓜	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦瓜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦瓜属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦瓜根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦瓜花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦瓜藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葫芦科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野小苦瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Fruits, seeds, leaves, roots		Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
Fruits, Roots		Pl. 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 Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Fruit, Whole plant, Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Fruits, Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
flowers, fruit, gourd, leaves, frond, root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Whole plant, leaf, fruit, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
shoot		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
leaves, stem, root		Leafy Veg. in NW Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
fruits, leaves, fruits	fresh leaves, juice of fresh fruits, fresh leaves, dried fruit	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
seeds, whole plant	dry seeds, fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
fruit, leaves, seed, root	juice, fresh fruit	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit, leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
roots, stems, leaves, fruits	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
leaves, fruit pulp, seeds, whole plant	juice	Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013)
whole plant, seeds	dry whole plant, fresh whole plant, dry seeds	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
leaves, whole plant		ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
leaves, fruit		Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
fruits		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
fruit, whole plant, leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
flesh of the fruit		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
leaf, stem		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
fruit	dried fruit	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
Fruit, Leaf		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
fruits, leaf, root, seed	Juice fruit	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
fruits		Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Momordica charantia	CAMs Among Type 2 Diabetes (Medagama et al., 2014) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Momordica charantia (L.) Roem	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Momordica charantia Descourt.	Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018)
Momordica charantia L.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indig. Knwlg. on Med. Flora, Pakistan (Shah et al., 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Leafy Veg. in NW Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 2. (2009) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (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. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) 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 Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Momordica charantia L. var. charantia	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Momordica charantia Linn	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Momordica charantia Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Momordica charantia Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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