Herbal Garden (Muligai Vanam)

Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is a tropical vine belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. The plant is cultivated as vegetable as well as a medicinal crop widely in India, China and South East Asia. It is slender, climbing monoecious plant with yellow coloured separate male and female flowers, arises in the leaf axils and long-stalked leaves.