caraille

noun

Momordica charantia often called bitter melon, bitter gourd or bitter squash in English, has many other local names. It is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit.

alternatives

carailla, sopropo

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noun

A variety of bitter melon plant (Momordica charantia). A vine bearing a small bumpy skinned yellow or orange fruit. The leaves are used to make a bitter herbal tea that his regarded for its medicinal and purgative properties

plant

alternatives

cerasee, coocooli, coolie paw paw, sorosi, surasee

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8 comments

Marcelle

9 years ago

We call it corilla in Guyana

Connecia merchant

8 years ago

It good for u body

JSS1

7 years ago

Very interesting

Lucky

6 years ago

Coocooli in dominica. I come from countryside that how I know them calling it. It has red kittle seeds. We ate them.

Yasmin Lynch

5 years ago

My grandma called it Bhand Caraille because it was a smaller version of the Bitter Gourd.The Caraille or karela or bitter melon is used in pickles, peppersauce and as a vegetable that is fried or curried or stuffed.The karela is a great medication for diabetes. We boil the leaves and wash our bodies with the water, keeps our skin smooth and clean. The bhand Caraille is a beautiful ornamental plant

Alma

2 years ago

Sopropo in Suriname. In SVG I found in wild, orange small fruit, hanging far apart on vines. Could never get enough to cook for me in one meal. In my yard I planted the red seeds. The leaves crawl on the ground very bushy. They yield a few dark green 3-4 by 2-inch bitter gourds at a time every few days. They ripen fast between the leaves once full. I pick them b4 they turn yellow or orange. Uhhmm.

belizeanorchid

2 years ago

Cerossi in Belize

last year

In SVG it's called Carailla. My dad used it for high blood pressure.