JAMAICAN CERASEE SEEDS- Bitter Melon-Momordica charantia,Use As Vegetable & Herb JAMAICAN CERASEE SEEDS- Bitter Melon-Momordica charantia,Use As Vegetable & Herb Cerasee is widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit, and drink, is among the bitterest of all fruits. Cerasee is very common in Central Florida, but very few people really know the value of this very important herb. This herb may hold the key to a lot of the health problems we face. The fruit is edible when harvested green and cooked. The taste is bitter.Bitter melon has twice the potassium of bananas and is also rich in vitamin A and C. It is a monoecious climber with dark green, deeply lobed leaves with hairs on it. The dioeciously flowers are yellow and the fruits oblong and lumpy with a light green to greenish-white, waxy skin. Momordica Charantia Common name: Aampalaya, arsorossie, balsam pear, balsamapfel, balsamina, balsamini longa, bitter melon, bittere meloen, bittergourd, karela, ku gua foo, mara, muop dang, pomme de merveille, pomo balsamo, pare, peria, sopropo, tsuru reishi. Also known as Chinese bitter melon, this herbaceous tropical vine is a tender perennial.