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Momordica charantia (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karavila and many more names listed below) [1] is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit.
The winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), also known as cigarillas, goa bean, four-angled bean, four-cornered bean, manila bean, princess bean, star bean, kamrangi bean, pea, dragon bean, is a tropical herbaceous legume plant. Winged bean is widely recognised by consumers and farmers in South Asia and South East Asia for its variety of ...
PileocalyxGasp. Sphenantha Schrad. Cucurbita (Latin for ' gourd ') [ 3 ][ 4 ] is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as cucurbits or cucurbi), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five edible species are grown and consumed for their flesh and seeds.
Phyllanthus mimosifoliusSalisb. Phyllanthus taxifoliusD.Don. Phyllanthus emblica, also known as emblic,[2][5]emblic myrobalan,[2]myrobalan,[5]Indian gooseberry,[2][5]Malacca tree,[5]or amla,[5]from the Sanskrit आमलकी (āmalakī), is a deciduoustree of the family Phyllanthaceae. Its native range is tropical and southern Asia.
Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla (Spanish: [ ˌ s a p o ˈ ð i ʝ a ]), [ 4 ]sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, [ 5 ][ 6 ]: 515 is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán, in the Petenes mangroves ...
Moringa oleifera is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and used extensively in South and Southeast Asia. [ 2 ] Common names include moringa, [ 3 ]drumstick tree[ 3 ] (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), horseradish tree[ 3 ] (from the taste of the roots, which resembles ...
Luffa is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the pumpkin, squash and gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). In everyday non-technical usage, the luffa, also spelled loofah[3] or less frequently loofa, [4] usually refers to the fruits of the species Luffa aegyptiaca and Luffa acutangula.
Synonyms. Umbelliferae. Apiaceae (/ eɪpiːˈeɪsiˌaɪ, - siːˌiː /) or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about ...