Common Names Around the Globe
Austronesian Languages
- Chavacano: amargozo
- Ilocano: pariya
- Maylay and Indonesian: peria or pare or parai
- Tagalog: ampalaya
Dravidian Languages
- kannada: hAgala kAyi
- Malayalam: kaipakka
- Tamil: pavakka
- Telugu: kAkara kAyi
Indic Languages
- Bengali: korolla
- Hindi: karela
- Marathi: arla
- Sinhalese: karawila
- Trinidad Hindi: karaili
- Urdu: karela
Japonic Languages
- Japanese: nigauri, tsurureishi, & goya
- Okinawan: goya
Sino-Tibetan Languages
- Mandarin: ku gua
- Taiwanese: ko guai
- Burmese: kyethinkhathee
Other Languages
- Portuguese: melao-de-sao-caetano
- Thai: Ma-ra
- Vietnamese: kho qua or moup dang
- Spanish: balsamina or calabasa china
- Dutch: springkomkommer
- French: assorossie
- German: wunderbalsampfel
- Italian: Balsamini Lunghi
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