20+ Balsam Pear Bitter Gourd Seed Melon Momordica charantia Vegetable Plant Garden

Description

Price: $7.00
(as of Jan 18, 2021 08:19:32 UTC – Details)

Bitter Gourd is one of the most popular vegetables in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, India and the Philippines. Bitter Gourd, also called Bitter Melon, has an acquired taste. The plant is grown mainly for the immature fruits although the young leaves and tips are edible. Bitter Melon seed has hard skin and needs warm/moist soil conditions during germination.
It may fail or take a long time to germiante if the soil temperature is too low. Bitter Melon is a long-season, high-humidity and warm-climate vine plant and needs to grow along supports.
Bitter Gourd has been used as a medicine for many millennia especially in South Asia and South East Asia. Biological name for Karawila (Karela) is Momordica Charantia.