Tingnan ang wikitext ng Ampalaya

{{speciesbox
| name = Ampalaya
| image = MomordicaCharantia flowers.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| taxon = Momordica charantia
| authority = Descourt.
}}

[[Talaksan:Ampalaya.jpg|thumb|right|Mga hiniwang gulaying ampalaya.]]

Ang '''''Momordica charantia''''' (katawagang pang-agham), '''ampalaya''' o '''amargoso''' (Ingles: ''balsam apple'', ''bitter gourd'' o ''bitter melon'')<ref name="TE"> [[English, Leo James]]. ''Diksyunaryong Tagalog-Ingles'', Kongregasyon ng Kabanalbanalang Tagapag-ligtas, Maynila, ipinamamahagi ng ''National Book Store'', may 1583 na mga dahon, {{ISBN|971-91055-0-X}}</ref><ref name=Flavier>{{cite-Flavier|Ampalaya, ''Glossary of Filipino Terms and Phrases}}</ref> ay isang uri ng [[gulay]] na tumutubo sa mga [[tropikal]] na bansa tulad ng [[Pilipinas]] at iba pang parte sa [[Asya]] at [[Timog Amerika]].  Gamot ito para sa mga taong [[anemik]] dahil sa katangian nitong makapagdagdag ng dugo sa katawan.  Mayroon itong makulubot na balat at mapait sa panlasa kapag kinain.  Mayroong mga ampalayang nasa lata na bago ipagbili ng mga tindahan.<ref name=Lacquian>{{cite-Lacquian|Ampalaya}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" summary="The first column indicates the language, the second indicates the romanized script, and the third indicates the script of the language."
|+ style="text-align: left;" |Ibang-ibang tawag sa ampalaya 
|-
! scope="col" | Lengguwahe !! scope="col" | Transliterasyon !! scope="col" | Pagsurat
|-
! scope="row" | [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| ''Pavakka / Kaipakka'' || പാവയ്ക്ക / കൈപ്പയ്ക്ക
|-
! scope="row" | [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| ''karela'' || کریلا
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| ''karela'' || करेला
|-
! scope="row" | [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| ''karela'' || કારેલા
|-
! scope="row" | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| ''karela'' || ਕਰੇਲਾ
|-
! scope="row" | [[Wikang Haitiyanong Kriolyo|Haitiyano]]
| ''asosi'' || asosi
|-
! scope="row" | [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| ''tite karela'' || तीते करेला
|-
! scope="row" | [[Telugu language|Telugu]] 
| ''kakara'' || కాకర 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Kannada]] 
| ''hāgalakāyi'' || ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| ''paagarkaai'' o ''pavakai'' || பாகற்காய்
|-
! scope="row" | [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| ''karle'' || कारले
|-
! scope="row" | [[Konkani language|Konkan (Goa)]]
| ''karate'' || कारांतें
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| ''korola'' || করলা
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sinhalese language|Sinhala (Sri Lanka)]]
| ''karavila'' || කරවිල
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chinese language|Mandarin]] 
| ''kǔguā'' || 苦瓜
|-
! scope="row" | [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] 
| ''loeng4gwaa1" || 涼瓜
|-
! scope="row" | [[Korean language|Korean]] 
| ''yeoju'' || 여주
|-
! scope="row" | [[Japanese language|Japanese]] 
| ''nigauri'' || 苦瓜
|-
! scope="row" | [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]] 
| ''gōyā'' || ゴーヤー
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bikol language|Bikol]] 
| ''marigoso'' ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[Odia language|Odia]]
| ''kalara'' || କଲରା
|-
! scope="row" | [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]
| ''perai o pare'' || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[Malay language|Malay]]
| ''peria'' || 
|-
! scope="row" |[[Sranan Tongo]]
| ''sopropo'' || 
|-
! scope="row" |[[Vietnamese language|South Vietnamese]]
| ''khổ qua'' || 
|-
!North Vietnamese
|''mướp đắng''
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Thai language|Thai]]
| ''Mara Kheenok'' || มะระขี้นก
|-
! scope="row" | [[Myanmar language|Myanmar]]
| ''kyethinga'' || ကြက်ဟင်းခါး
|-
! scope="row" | [[Babaland language|Babaland]]
| ''ochinchinah'' || 
|-
!Assamese
|Kerela
|কেৰেলা
|}


== Mga sanggunian ==
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== Mga kawing panlabas ==
* [http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/ampalaya.htm Ampalaya (Momordica charantia)]
* [http://www.herbaldb.com/bitter-melon/20110503/what-is-bitter-melon-and-why-does-it-taste-the-way-it-does/ Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia)]

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