Vietnam / Philippines: Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis), from Francisco Manuel Blanco's Flora de Filipinas, 1883. Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778 – 1845)

Vietnam / Philippines: Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis), from Francisco Manuel Blanco's Flora de Filipinas, 1883.

Gấc (Momordica cochinchinensis), originally discovered in Vietnam, is a type of perennial melon grown throughout Southeast Asia and Northeastern Australia. Gấc is notable for its orange-reddish color resulting from its rich content of beta-carotene and lycopene.

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