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==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|stemLeaves}}, {{Parts Used|leavesSeeds}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
The essential oil obtained from the seeds of Momordica charantia was analyzed by GC/MS. Twenty-five components, representing 90.9% of the oil, were identified. The main constituents were trans-nerolidol, apiole, cis-dihydrocarveol and germacrene D.
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=Huchhu thonde balli, Kaarchi balli|ksml=Undapaval, Kaippanpaval|mlsa=|mrta=Parpakal|pate=|tahi=बाड़ करेलिया Bad kareliya, बड़ा करेला Bara-karela, जंगली करेला Jangli-karela, Kankero, मोखा Mokha|teen=Balsam Pear, Balsam Apple, african cucumber, southern balsam pear}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herbs}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|round in outline|1.5-5.0 cm long and as broad, heart-shaped at base, hairless or sparsely hairy, 3-5-lobed, middle lobes broadly ovate or rhombic-ovate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|broadly ovate-heart-shaped|yellow||2.5-3.0 cm across, stalked. Male flowers are solitary, on 1.5 cm long flower-cluster-stalk, bearing near the tip a stalkless}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|broadly ovoid, narrowed at ends|2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad||orange-red, warty|}}
===Other features===
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the tropics that can be grown in subtropical and warm temperate areas. It is found at elevations from sea level to 1,465 metres, in dry to wet areas with a rainfall of 200 - 1,200 mm annually. The plant seems to be at least somewhat frost hardy
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367326X07002493#:~:text=The%20essential%20oil%20obtained%20from,cis%2Ddihydrocarveol%20and%20germacrene%20D. Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"]<https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/ref> <ref name="Leaf">["Balsam%20Pear.html Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]<http://ref><ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by Ctropical.Ptheferns.Khareinfo/viewtropical.php?id=Momordica+balsamina Cultivation Details]</ref>
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==External Links==
* [ https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Balsam%20Pear.html flowers of india] * [ https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1746 Momordica balsamina]* [ ]
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