Cucurbitaceae
Gac melon
Momordica cochinchinensis
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Momordica
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- جاك
- arz
- جاك
- Assamese
- হাতী কেৰেলা
- azb
- کوخینخین موموردیکی
- Azerbaijani
- Koxinxin momordikası
- Cantonese
- 木鱉子
- Chinese
- 木虌子, 木鱉果, 木鳖果, 大叶木鳖子, 木鳖, 木鳖子, 木鳖子*(木鳖）, 木鳖子根
- English
- Gac melon, Balsampear, Cochinchin gourd, Red melon, Spiny bitter gourd, Sweet gourd
- Esperanto
- Gako
- French
- Gac
- German
- Gac
- Indonesian
- Tepurang, Pupia
- Japanese
- ナンバンカラスウリ
- Korean
- 걱
- lad
- Gac
- lbe
- Гак
- lzh
- 木鱉子
- Malayalam
- മുള്ളൻ പാവൽ
- mrj
- Гак
- Persian
- کدو خاردار
- Polish
- Przepękla indochińska, Gac
- Russian
- Гак
- Spanish
- Gac
- szy
- Nipaluma-sukuy
- Telugu
- అడవికాకర
- Thai
- ฟักข้าว
- udm
- Гак
- Vietnamese
- Gấc, Cây gấc
- Yoruba
- Gac
Synonyms
- Momordica macrophylla Gage
- Momordica meloniflora Hand.-Mazz.
- Momordica mixta Roxb.
- Momordica ovata Cogn.
- Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco
- Momordica suringarii Cogn.
- Muricia cochinchinensis Lour.
- Zucca commersoniana Ser.
Flowers
- In flower
- April, June to October (from 67 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Grygus, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam J. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sandipan Das, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandipan Das, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bella Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.