Ampalaya PRODUCT NAME
Momordica charantia L. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Ampalaya |
| Local Name: | Amargoso (Spanish-Filipino); Saligum ( Basilan); Ampalaya (Manila, Tayabas, Balabac Is.); Ampaleya (Bataan); Apalya (Marindoque); Maragoso (Surigao); Paria (Camarines); Pariam (Bontoc). |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
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| Product Description: | An herbaceous, annual vine, climbing by tendrils which are up to 20cm in length. It is nearly or quite smooth. The leaves are heart-shaped at the base, 2.5-10cm in diameter, and cut nearly to the base into 5 or 7 variously toothed and divided lobes. The flowers occur in the axils of the leaves on long stalks. They are yellow and about 12mm long. The fruit is oblong, cylindrical, pointed at both ends, ribbed, and wrinkled. The wild forms are from 2-3cm in length and the cultivated ones up to at least 25cm in length |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species grows in thickets and waste places throughout the Philippines, and is also cultivated for its edible fruits |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits |
| Uses: | The fruits and young growth are boiled and eaten with meat and other vegetables |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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