Bitter gourd is a slender, climbing annual with long stalked leaves. The fruit is warty-looking gourd, usually oblong and resembling the ordinary cucumber in shape. The gourd can be parboiled in salted water or rubbed with some salt to remove part of the bitterness. It is considered a fighter against diabetes. 50 ml raw bitter gourd juice daily improves blood glucose tolerance in non insulin dependent diabetics.
Hybrids - Green
Indam
1124
Medium green, spiny
fruits
Good keeping quality
Weighing about
150g
Indam 49
Intense green,
smooth broken ridges on fruits
Weighing
about 100g,
Good shipper
Indam 711
Stout,long and
green fruits with
smooth and short
tubercles
