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            Common names: bitter melon, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam pear (German: Bittermelone, Bittergurke, Balsambirne, Bittere Spring-Gurke)
           
        
        
        
          
              Taxonomy
           
            cellular organisms, Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, Streptophytina, Embryophyta, Tracheophyta, Euphyllophyta, Spermatophyta, Magnoliopsida, Mesangiospermae, eudicotyledons, Gunneridae, Pentapetalae, rosids, fabids, Cucurbitales, Cucurbitaceae, Momordiceae, Momordica
           
          
        
      
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