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Momordica dioica

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{{stub}}[[File:Momordica dioica (1129111386).jpg|thumb|right|'''Momordica dioica''']]'''Momordica dioica''', commonly known as spiny gourd or spine gourd and also known as bristly balsam pear, prickly carolaho, teasle gourd, kantola, is a species of flowering plant in the "কাকরোল" In Bengali gourd family. It is used as a vegetable in all regions of India and some parts in South Asia. It has commercial importance and is exported and used locally. The fruits are cooked with spices,or fried and sometimes eaten with meat or fish
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|stemLeaves}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootRoots}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Momordica dioica as the average nutritional value per 100 g edible fruit was found to contain 84.1% moisture, 7.7 g carbohydrate, 3.1 g protein, 3.1 g fat, 3.0 g fiber and 1.1 g minerals.
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=mada haagala kaayi (ಮಡ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ or ಸಿಹಿ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ)|ksml=|mlsa=karkotaki(कर्कोटकी), karkoti(कर्कोटी).|mrta=மெழுகுபாகல் mezhuku-pakal, பழுபாகல் pazhu-pakal|pate=boda kakara|tahi=Kikoda(किकोड़ा)|teen=}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herbs}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|round|1.5-5.0 cm long, heart-shaped at base, hairless or sparsely hairy, middle lobes broadly ovate or rhombic-ovate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|broadly ovate-heart-shaped|yelowish||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|ovoid|2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad||orange-red|}}
===Other features===
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Requires a soil rich in organic matter if optimum yields are to be achieved. A dioecious plant, male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==Photo Gallery==
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File:Momordica dioica 03.JPGFile:Momordica dioica 01.JPGFile:Momordica dioica (2610863798).jpgFile:Teasle gourd (Momordica dioica) fruits collected in Visakhapatnam.jpg
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==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_dioica Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"]<https://books.google.co.in/ref> <ref namebooks?id=-mTUBjSyo_UC&pg=PA136&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f="Leaf">["false 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+dioica Cultivation Details]</ref>
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==External Links==
* [ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-mTUBjSyo_UC&pg=PA136&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Momordica dioica]* [ ]* [ ]
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