Momordica charantia
Balsam Pear
Northern Africa
,
Asia
and
Australia
Annual vine that climbs by tendrils found in the dry parts of the
tropical
regions
.
Yellow flowers do not have a darker center as they do in the Balsam Apple (
M. balsamina
) - Yellow/orange fruit called a pepo.
Leaves are lobed to the mid-point
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