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==Uses==
{{Uses|Diabetes}}.
===Food===
Momordica dioica can be used in Food. Tubersous roots and young green fruits are cooked as vegetable.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Momordica dioica Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C, Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3); β-carotene; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Potassium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==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.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Momordica dioica is avilable through June to October<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==References==
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_dioica Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-mTUBjSyo_UC&pg=PA136&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Momordica+dioica Cultivation Details]</ref>
<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.116, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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