Momordica occurs as genus of astir 45 metal money of annual or even perennial climbing herbaceous plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae, natives of tropical Africa and southern Asia.

Cultivation and uses
Momordica come grown within cultivation when ornamental plants, grown for their fleshy fruit, which are oblong to cylindric withinside shape, orangish to red in colour, prickly or even warted externally, & burst whilst mature, usually by having flexible inflict, into irregular valves.

;Selected species Momordica balsamina Momordica cardiospermoides Momordica charantia Momordica cochinchinensis Momordica foetida Momordica involucrata Momordica rostrata