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  2. Momordica charantia - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Citrullus colocynthis - Wikipedia

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    Citrullus Colocynthis Fruit in Behbahan Wild Citrullus Colocynthis. Citrullus colocynthis, with many common names including Abu Jahl's melon, (native name in Turkey) [2] colocynth, [3] bitter apple, [3] bitter cucumber, [3] egusi, [4] vine of Sodom, [3] or wild gourd, [3] is a poisonous desert viny plant native to the Mediterranean Basin and West Asia, especially the Levant, [5] [6] [7] Turkey ...

  4. Cucumis myriocarpus - Wikipedia

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    The melon occurs in disturbed soil and cleared or bare areas, and thrives on summer moisture. [3] C. myriocarpus fruit. The fruit and foliage are toxic due to the presence of cucurbitacin. The plant is toxic to humans as well as to horses, sheep, cattle and pigs and it has been associated with stock deaths. [4] It has been used by humans as an ...

  5. Gourd - Wikipedia

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    The bitter melon/balsam apple/balsam pear is also sometimes referred to as a gourd. [5]: ... who translates it as poisonous mushrooms, not poisonous gourds. [10]

  6. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    All parts of the plant are poisonous, especially the seeds and the large, bitter-tasting, cucumber-like fruits, probably due to toxic cucurbitacins. [153] Melia azedarach: Chinaberry tree, Cape lilac, syringa berrytree Meliaceae: Fruits are poisonous to humans if eaten in quantity. [154]

  7. Cucurbitacin - Wikipedia

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    The toxicity associated with consumption of foods high in cucurbitacins is sometimes referred to as "toxic squash syndrome". [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In France in 2018, two women who ate soup made from bitter pumpkins became sick , involving nausea , vomiting , and diarrhea , and had hair loss weeks later. [ 19 ]

  8. Momordica balsamina - Wikipedia

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    The red or orange, leathery berries are pointed-humped, ellipsoid and short-beaked with a length of 4.5 to 7 centimeters. When the fruit ripens, it open with three flaps and release the many seeds. The up to about 1 centimeter large, elliptical and brownish, sculpted seeds are each covered in a red, sticky seed coat "pulp" (false arillus).

  9. Momordica foetida - Wikipedia

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    Momordica foetida is a perennial climbing vine native of tropical Africa, closely related to the bitter melon (M. charantia) and balsam apple (M. balsamina). Its species name ("bad-smelling") refers to its unpleasant smell. It was previously named M. morkorra (A. Rich) [1] and M. cordata (Cogn.) [2]

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