Fruit identification

[Weboh]

I noticed a climbing vine that has what looks like a fruit on it:



Is it edible? Thanks.

[Chandramohan]

Photos are out of focus.

[DurianLover]

Over ripe bitter melon.

[pocketsandmangos]

Interested in ID also. I have that EVERYWHERE in the yard.

[fruitlovers]

Yes looks llike bitter melon, Momordica. Does it have warty skin on outside? Hard to tell from your photo. The bitter melon is a terrible weed here also.

[Chandramohan]

Oscar, I wish I could live in yr neighbourhood ! I could eat them everyday!!!!

[TnTrobbie]

The pulp on seeds of the ripe fruit (as pictured) is fairly sweet. I suck em. The green mature fruit can be diced up and cooked to be eaten. But their small size makes it more tedious to do so than it's larger cousins. "Bun (burnt) karilee" is one of my favorite dishes using this fruit/veggie.

[fruitlovers]

Oscar, I wish I could live in yr neighbourhood ! I could eat them everyday!!!!

I think they must have been introduced here by Indian immigrants long time ago. There is hardly a fence that doesn't have this weed growing all over it. We seem to have the perfect climate for them. How do you use them in your cooking?

[Chandramohan]

We make a stirfry with them Green,mature fruits are cut into 1/8" slices, the seeds removed, and then the slices are quartered. You can add some green plaintain, cut the same way, without removing the skin. The two are boiled for 5 minutes after adding salt, turmeric and chilly powders. The water is drained and then stir fried with necessary seasonings.                     

[Guanabanus]

Around here we call it "stink vine."  I have not used it fresh, even though one of the supplements that I take for diabetics contains it.  Haitians and Bahamanians and others are firm believers in it for tea to make one feel better.  They often do some free weed-pulling along the roadways.