Arhat Fruit, Monk's Fruit, luo han guo

It is a common herb tea material which you can get from Asian supermarket or Chinese herb/medicine store, it is inexpensive.
...Read More /> The fresh fruit has high water contain so you can only purchase the low temperature baked dried fruit. It is very sweet!! One dry fruit can make many cups of sweet tea.

I am looking for this fruit in India for study purpose. Either the fruit or the extract of this fruit would do.

Any idea w...Read Morehere can we get this in India or some one who can ship it to India?

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where will i purchase LUO HAN GUO fruit/ Arhat Fruit/ Monk's Fruit seed for cultivation in India

This vining plant, a member of the cucumber family, produces small melons, luo han guo, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine. ...Read MoreKnown as longevity fruit, the small melons are often dried and distributed in markets.

A decoction of the pulp is used in Chinese medicine for longevity treatments, respiratory ailments, constipation, and sore throats.

This fruit is remarkably sweet due to natural chemicals known as mogrosides (400 times sweeter than sugar, when purified), which can be used as a diabetec-safe, non-nutritive, alternate sweetener similar to stevia. It is used to sweeten herbal teas and to make cooling drinks. As a food product and additive luo han guo is considered GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) by the US Department of Agriculture.

Luo han guo is distributed internationally as both a dried melon and as a powdered tea. Proctor & Gamble owns a patented process for refining the sweetener to its purest form.