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Vietnam / Philippines: Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis< / i>), from Francisco Manuel Blanco's Flora de Filipinas< / i>,1883
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Vietnam / Philippines: Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis), from Francisco Manuel Blanco's Flora de Filipinas, 1883.
. Gc (Momordica cochinchinensis), originally discovered in Vietnam, is a type of perennial melon grown throughout Southeast Asia and Northeastern Australia. Gc is notable for its orange-reddish color resulting from its rich content of beta-carotene and lycopene.