Description

Karela Powder — the dried, ground fruit of Momordica charantia — is the most common commercial form of this well-documented metabolic-wellness botanical from Ayurvedic tradition. Momordica charantia is an annual or perennial climbing vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia, now cultivated globally as a food and medicinal crop. The deeply ridged, bitter green fruit contains charantin, polypeptide-p, and vicine — phytochemicals that have attracted several hundred published pharmacological studies in the context of blood glucose management. Known in Ayurveda as Karavella and documented in the Charaka Samhita for Prameha (urinary and metabolic disorder) formulations, karela is incorporated in compound Ayurvedic preparations for metabolic health. The dried fruit powder is the preferred form for encapsulated dietary supplements and compound manufacturing.