*Momordica charantia* L., Sp. Pl. 1009. 1753. Common names: Bitter gourd, karela
Commonly cultivated vine with longer fruits reaching 25 cm in length, oblong-fusiform in shape, tubercled surface and red pulp when ripe. Photographed from Delhi <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VpfVvFm_pks/T4EroOQhoRI/AAAAAAAAA_w/ltKSY3VSXac/s1600/Momordica-charantia-AK-Delhi-1.jpg> Momordica-charantia-AK-Delhi-1 <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xV6GRKjqNdU/T4Er8TwDH2I/AAAAAAAAA_8/OeGUZe7MqA4/s1600/Momordica-charantia-AK-Delhi-2.jpg> Momordica-charantia-AK-Delhi-2 <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rhBYUjTBRQo/T4EsQDUcJUI/AAAAAAAABAI/bs4CsisTx_I/s1600/Momordica-charantia-AK-Delhi-4.jpg> Momordica-charantia-AK-Delhi-4 <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XIKgjXsQGbs/T4EshdY-I7I/AAAAAAAABAU/MC-oxWLFYC8/s1600/Momordica-charantia-Delhi-3a.jpg> Momordica-charantia-AK-Delhi-3a Gurcharan Singh
