Twenty nine kakrol (Momordica dioica Roxb.) accessions and its one wild relative (M. cochinchinensis Spreng.), collected from different agro-ecological zones of Bangkadesh, were evaluated for 29 morpho-physiological characters. Considerable variations were observed among the genotypes in which dissimilarity value ranged from 4.6 to 58.6. Cluster analysis based on thos variation primarily classfied dioica and chochinchinesis into two groups and formed 5 clusters in which 1 cluster contained 24 dioica accessions. No relationship was found between genetic divergence and geographical distribution of the accessions indicationg no regianal gene pool was responsible solely for clustering. Morpho-physiological variation is effective and hence proved its usefulness in classificatioin of Momordica species. A kakrol descriptor is proposed which is to be used in charanterization of kakrol cultivars or accessions.
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