Bitter Melon—an Asian Vegetable Expanding in Florida
Bitter melon is a tropical and subtropical vegetable crop with long climbing vines which is widely cultivated in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. The unripe fruit is used as a vegetable with a pleasantly bitter taste. This 7-page fact sheet provides an overview of this plant as well as recommendati...
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Bitter melon is a tropical and subtropical vegetable crop with long climbing vines which is widely cultivated in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. The unripe fruit is used as a vegetable with a pleasantly bitter taste. This 7-page fact sheet provides an overview of this plant as well as recommendations for individuals in Florida who are interested in growing it. Written by Guodong Liu, Qingren Wang, Yuncong Li, David Dinkins, Bonnie Wells, and Yuqi Cui, and published by the UF Department of Horticultural Sciences, December 2015.
HS1271/HS1271: Bitter Melon—an Asian Vegetable Expanding in Florida (ufl.edu)
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ed9e7150fb44c5cbe0fecb0a1ba33122025-02-08T05:58:12ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092016-02-0120161Bitter Melon—an Asian Vegetable Expanding in FloridaGuodong Liu0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9252-2874Qingren Wang1Yuncong Li2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-083XDavid Dinkins3Bonnie Wells4Yuqi Cui5University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Bitter melon is a tropical and subtropical vegetable crop with long climbing vines which is widely cultivated in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. The unripe fruit is used as a vegetable with a pleasantly bitter taste. This 7-page fact sheet provides an overview of this plant as well as recommendations for individuals in Florida who are interested in growing it. Written by Guodong Liu, Qingren Wang, Yuncong Li, David Dinkins, Bonnie Wells, and Yuqi Cui, and published by the UF Department of Horticultural Sciences, December 2015. HS1271/HS1271: Bitter Melon—an Asian Vegetable Expanding in Florida (ufl.edu) https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/127587Momordica Bitter MelonHS1271 |
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