Siraitia grosvenorii
| Siraitia grosvenorii | |
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| Siraitia grosvenorii (luo han guo) fruits | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Siraitia |
| Species: | S. grosvenorii
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| Binomial name | |
| Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle) C. Jeffrey ex A.M. Lu & Zhi Y. Zhang
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| Synonyms | |
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Momordica grosvenorii Swingle | |
| Siraitia grosvenorii (monkfruit) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 羅漢果 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 罗汉果 | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | arhat fruit | ||||||||||||||||
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Siraitia grosvenorii, also known as monkfruit, luo han guo (Chinese: 羅漢果; pinyin: luóhàn guǒ), or Swingle fruit, is a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is native to southern China. The plant is cultivated for its fruit extract containing mogrosides. Mogroside extract has been used as a low-calorie sugar substitute for drinks and in traditional Chinese medicine. One mogroside, mogroside V, creates a sweetness sensation 250 times stronger than sucrose.