Cucurbitaceae
Balsampear
Momordica dioica
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Momordica
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- معضوضة ثنائية المسكن
- arz
- معضوضه ثنائية المسكن
- Assamese
- ভাত কেৰেলা
- Bangla
- কাঁকরোল, কাকরোল
- Chinese
- 云南木鳖, 雲南木鱉
- English
- Balsampear
- Gujarati
- કંકોડા
- Hindi
- ककोड़ा
- Kannada
- ಮಡ ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ
- Maithili
- वन करेला
- Malayalam
- എരുമപ്പാവൽ, എരുമപാവൽ
- Marathi
- करटोली, कर्टोल
- Nepali
- वन करेला
- Russian
- Момордика двудомная
- sat
- ᱠᱟᱠᱨᱩᱞ, ᱠᱟᱪᱟᱱ
- Sinhala
- තුඹ කරවිල
- Tamil
- தும்பை
- Telugu
- ఆగాకర, మొమోర్డికా డయాకా
Synonyms
- Momordica hamiltoniana Wall. ex G.Don
- Momordica heyneana Wall. ex G.Don
- Momordica hispida Dennst.
- Momordica missionis Wall.
- Momordica roxburghii G.Don
- Momordica sicyoides Ser.
- Momordica triloba Wight
- Momordica trilobata Wight ex Steud.
- Momordica tuberosa Dennst.
- Momordica wallichii M.Roem.
- Trichosanthes russeliana Wall. ex G.Don
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 31 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sivahari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harrier, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.