Find out what nutrients are in bitter gourd and learn how it can help with everything from diabetes to inflammation. Bitter gourd ( melon) nutrition facts Bitter gourd (balsam pear/ bitter melon ) is a young, tender, edible fruit pod in the Momordica genus of climbing vines. Although its bitter taste might turn some people away, nonetheless, it truly can sweeten your health through virtue of its disease-preventing and health-promoting phytochemical compounds. Botanically, balsam pears belong to the Cucurbitaceae family, in the genus; Momordica, and are members of the same family as squash, watermelon ...
