bitter gourd

Momordica charantia often called bitter melon, bitter gourd or bitter squash in English, has many other local names. Goya[1] from the indigenous language of Okinawa where there is a large US military presence and karavella[2] from Sanskrit are also used by English-language speakers.

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India-Tanzania-Thailand Scientists to Study ‘Bitter Gourd’ for anti-diabetes

Sun, Jan 22, 2012

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HYDERABAD(South India),Jan 22: A group of scientists belonging to three developing countries – India, Thailand and Tanzania – is trying to find out the ideal variety of the ‘bitter gourd’ (Karela) that is believed to check diabetes from ancient times. They are studying 10 hybrids of the Indian bitter gourd by analyzing the germplasm and [...]

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