Changes

'''Momordica dioica''', is commonly known as spiny gourd or spine gourd and also known as bristly balsam pear, prickly carolaho, teasle gourd, kantola, . It 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|diabetes mellitus}}, {{Uses|anti-diabeticDiabetes}}.

{{Common names|kn=mada Mada haagala kaayi (ಮಡ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ or ಸಿಹಿ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ)|ml=|sa=karkotaki(कर्कोटकी)Karkotaki, karkoti(कर्कोटी).Karkoti|ta=மெழுகுபாகல் mezhukuMezhuku-pakal, பழுபாகல் pazhuPazhu-pakal|te=boda Boda kakara|hi=Kikoda(किकोड़ा)|en=}}

{{Leaf|Simple|roundRound|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|Bisexual|broadly Broadly ovate-heart-shaped|yelowishYellowish||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|Simple Fruit|ovoidOvoid|2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad|orangeOrange-red|}}

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.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

* [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-mTUBjSyo_UC&pg=PA136&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Momordica dioicaon books.google.co.in]