name: Bitter Gourd

flavor_db_name_variants: bitter gourd

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Bitter gourd

id: 115

name_scientific: Momordica charantia

description: Momordica charantia often called bitter melon, bitter gourd or bitter squash in English, has many other local names. Goya from the indigenous language of Okinawa where there is a large US military presence and karavella from Sanskrit are also used by English-language speakers. It is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit, which is among the most bitter of all fruits. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit. This is a plant of the tropics. Bitter melon originated in India, and it was carried to China in the 14th century.

itis_id: 22399

wikipedia_id: Bitter melon

picture_file_name: 115.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 72072

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:26.000Z

legacy_id: 122

food_group: Gourds

food_subgroup: Gourds

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:21.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:16.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3673

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00115