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Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng., commonly known as gac is a found throughout the region from Southern to Northeastern . It is also known as Baby Jackfruit, Spiny Bitter Gourd, Sweet Gourd, or Cochinchin Gourd. It has been traditionally used as both food and medicine in the regions in which it grows.Because it has a relatively short season (which peaks in December and January), making it less abundant than other foods, gac is typically served at ceremonial or festiveoccasions in Vietnam, such as (the Vietnamese new year) and . It is most commonly prepared as a dish called xôi gac, in which the and of the fruit are cooked in , imparting both their color and flavor. More recently, the fruit has begun to be marketed outside of Asia in the form of because of its allegedly high content.Gac grows on and is usually collected from fence climbers or from wild plants. Thevines can be commonly seen growing on lattices at the entrances torural homes or in gardens. It only