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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.
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 ...
The melon is a noxious weed in Australia and in California, where it may also be known as prickly paddy melon, bitter apple, gooseberry gourd and gooseberry cucumber. [4] [5] [7] [8] One of many invasive species in Australia, it is highly damaging to the economy, with the farmers bearing most of the cost. [9] [10]
[4] [5]: 21 Other plants with gourd in their name include the luffa gourd (likely domesticated in Asia), which includes several species from the genus Luffa, as well as the wax gourd, snake gourd, teasel gourd, hedgehog gourd, buffalo gourd/coyote gourd. The bitter melon/balsam apple/balsam pear is also sometimes referred to as a gourd.
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 ]
[21] [22] [23] The toxic cases are usually due to the gourd being used to make juice, which the drinkers described as being unusually bitter. [24] In three of the lethal cases, the victims were diabetics in their 50s and 60s. [ 24 ]
Marah (the manroots, wild cucumbers, or cucumber gourds) are flowering plants in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to western North America.The genus (which Kellogg noted was characterized by extreme bitterness) was named for Marah in Exodus 15:22–25, which was said to be named for the bitter water there.
The fresh young gourd can be eaten like squash. The mature fruit is no longer edible, due to bitter compounds. Seeds may be eaten after being prepared by roasting or boiling. [18] The extractable oil content in whole seeds reaches from 24.3% [5] to 50%. [9] Linoleic acid, an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid, comprises 38% to 65% of the oil. [5]