About Teasle Gourd
Momordica dioica, commonly known as spiny gourd or spine gourd or teasle gourd and also known as bristly balsam pear, is a species of flowering plant in the Cucurbitaceae/gourd family. It is propagated by underground tubers. It has small leaves, small yellow flowers, it has small, dark green, round or oval fruits. It is dioecious, which means that it has distinct male and female individual organisms, hence its name.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Momordica dioica
- Genus
- Momordica
- Family
- CUCURBITACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, China, Malaysia
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बन करेला Ban karela, kaksa, ककोड़ा
- Nepali
- वन करेला
- Bengali
- কাঁকরোল, কাকরোল
- Tamil
- தும்பை
- Telugu
- ఆగాకర, మొమోర్డికా డయాకా
- Kannada
- ಮಡಿಹಾಗಲು Madihaagalu, ಮಡಹಾಗಲ Madahaagala, ಮಡವಾಗಲ್
- Malayalam
- എരുമപ്പാവൽ, Momordica dioica, എരുമപാവൽ
- Marathi
- करटोली Kartoli, करटोली, करतुली
Botanical family
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber/Gourd family
Teasle Gourd belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.
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