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Karol is common name for

A. Sweet gourd

B. Bitter gourd

C. Ivy gourd

D. Spine gourd

Answer: Option D

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Karol is the common name for Spine gourd.
It is a species of flowering plant in the Cucurbitaceae/gourd family.
It is propagated by underground tubers. It has small leaves and small yellow flowers and it has small, dark green, round or oval fruits. It is dioecious, which means that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.
Momordica dioica as the average nutritional value per 100 g of edible fruit was found to contain 84.1 g moisture, 7.7 g carbohydrate, 3.1 g protein, 3.1 g fat, 3.0 g fibre, and 1.1 g minerals. It also contained small quantities of carotene and vitamins like ascorbic acid, thiamine, riboflavin and niacin.

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