Organic Bitter Gourd 500G
Description
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Plant: Features an oblong, cylindrical fruit with a prominent warty, deeply furrowed, or ridged skin attached to thin, climbing vining stems with yellow flowers.
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Foliage and Stems: The fruit skin ranges from light jade-green to dark emerald green, housing a white, spongy inner pith filled with flat, white seeds; as it ripens, the exterior turns orange-yellow and the seed arils turn bright red.
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Origin: Native to tropical Asia, extensively cultivated across Southeast Asia, India, China, and Africa as a major culinary and medicinal crop.
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Climate: Thrives in hot, humid tropical lowlands and warm sub-tropical environments with abundant sunlight, high humidity, and warm nights.
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Soil: Prefers rich, deep, well-draining sandy loam or alluvial soil high in organic matter (pH 6.0–6.7), benefiting from trellis support to keep fruits clean and straight.
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Culinary: Highly versatile in Asian cooking; stir-fried with salted egg, pork, or black bean sauce, stuffed with minced meat (Yong Tau Foo), cooked into Indian Curry Peria, or sliced thin into clear soups and bitter gourd juices.
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Nutritional: High in Vitamin C, Vitamin A, folate, potassium, and unique bioactive compounds (charantin, vicine, and polypeptide-p), widely valued for supporting healthy blood sugar regulation, digestion, and metabolic health.
Order & Delivery Process
Delivery Slots (Morning 9:00 AM–1:00 PM, Evening 5:00 PM–9:00 PM. Order Cut-Off: 12:00 PM — Orders before 12 PM deliver next working day; after 12 PM, allow 2 working days.)
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Step 2: Customer places order in our website.
Step 3: Payment via payment gateway (Fiuu). Once successful, go to step 4.
Step 4: Warehouse receives order and items picked, packed & delivered to customer.
Step 5: Customer’s order fulfilled.
Order cancellation & reschedule delivery
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We reserve the absolute discretion to approve or reject your request for cancellation or reschedule delivery. For any cancellation of your order, you shall be responsible for the payment of an administrative charge, which shall be determined by us prior to your cancellation. Notwithstanding anything stated to the contrary, no cancellation or reschedule delivery will be entertained once your orders have been shipped to your shipping address.
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