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momordica balsamina
M. Balsamina has been used as a traditional folk medicine in many countries. Used as anti-plasmodial, shigellocidal, anti-diarrheal , antiseptic,anti-bacterial,anti-viral,antinflamatory,hypogycemic,antioxidant,analgesic and hepatoprotective agent.
Found cultivated throughout the drier part of tropical and sub tropical Africa, Asia and Australia