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Momordica charantia

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Bitter Melon
Momordica charantia Bitter melon


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Thanks Sckel,can you make a idea of what particular sp is? i can tried to see if i can spott the bitter melon in the farmer house :-) they use to put them uner the external roofs they have arround the houses so it's possible that they have yet some one from last year production

Sckel
Sckel 11 years ago

Is not Momordica charantia

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

I'm not 100% certain about this. The leaves on this plant have rounder lobes than many of the photos of Bitter Melon on the internet but there do seem to be cultivars very similar to this in shape. Perhaps there a Cucurbit expert out there who could say.

Braga, Portugal

Spotted on Oct 14, 2011
Submitted on Oct 14, 2011

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