CUCURBITACEM. 



9. MOMORDICA, L. 



Tendrils simple. L. undivided or palmatisect. Fhs. moiu.vi.ms , 

 ■le often with a large bract. Hyp. can 

 panulate. Corolla nearly polypetalous. Filament 

 horse-shoe-shaped t e.mdumVat- cells. Style long stigmas . . 

 :..-ent or sometimes 3-valved, muncate echinate or smootJ 

 Seeds obovate or oval sometimes rectangular often corrugate on tl< 



«. charantia, L., inc. M. muricata (F.f.)-; Karela, H. ; Kirla,*.; 



Karena, Or. : Karala, uchchhe, Beng. 



Mv endi^S appoint 1 



he middle, female peduncle nearly as 



ular f oliaceous bract 



vate, spreading. Fruit ovoid or fusiform, tapering both c 

 wd and covered with t id-nd.-,. - :;" long, yellow when 

 ked. Seeds compressed with corrugat.' margins. 



2. M. dioica, Roxb. Ochen, A'.; 



Kaiirhau-arak', S. (the fruit " 

 A slender nearly glabrous iliml>e 

 deeply cordate simple or 3-lobed i 



!1> - ... 



the middle, ovary densely 



