[Tel.] n. The creeping plant with a gourd-like fruit, Momordica charantia. pottikakara Mom. muricata. buddakakara the small leaved heart-pea, Cardio spermum halicacabum. (Ainslie and Watts) mettakakara Momordica operculata. verrikakara. the wild sort. adavi kakara, kommukakara, goddukakara are other species.