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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.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=Huchhu thonde balli, Kaarchi balli|ksml=Undapaval, Kaippanpaval|mlsa=|mrta=Parpakal|pate=|tahi=Bad kareliya, Bara-karela|teen=Balsam Pear, Balsam Apple}}
==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|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.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Lowland forest}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Momordica balsamina 1DS-II 1-6883.jpgFile:Momordica balsamina 009.jpgFile:Momordica balsamina 003.JPGFile:Momordica balsamina (blad en rank).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<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>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Balsam%20Pear.html Momordica balsamina on flowers of india] * [ https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1746 Momordica balsamina on florida.plantatlas]* [ ]
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