Species details
Accepted scientific name:
Momordica charantia (accepted name)
Synonyms: -
Infraspecific taxon: Momordica charantia var. abbreviata Ser.
Momordica charantia subsp. charantia L.
Momordica charantia subsp. macroloba Ach.-Dako & Blattner
Momordica charantia var. muricata (Willd.) H.L. Chakravarty
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Balsampear - -
Cundeamor; Wild balsam apple - -
Classification:
Plantae CoL
Phylum Tracheophyta CoL
Class Magnoliopsida CoL
Order Cucurbitales CoL
Family Cucurbitaceae World Plants
Genus Momordica World Plants
Distribution: Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, ?Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (Transvaal, KwaZulu-Natal (introduced)), Madagascar (introduced), Namibia (introduced), Seychelles (introduced), Mauritius (introduced), Réunion (introduced), Rodrigues (introduced), Socotra, Yemen (W-Yemen, SW-Yemen), Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava), India, Pakistan (introduced), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma], Bhutan, Darjeeling, Laos (introduced), Costa Rica (introduced), Panama (introduced), Western Australia (introduced), Queensland (introduced), New South Wales (introduced), Taiwan (introduced), Japan (introduced), Galapagos Isl. (introduced), Peru (introduced), Jamaica (introduced), Cuba (introduced), Nicaragua (introduced), Bahamas (introduced), Turks & Caicos Isl. (introduced), Haiti (introduced), Dominican Republic (introduced), Puerto Rico (introduced), Belize (introduced), Ecuador (introduced), Venezuela (introduced), New Caledonia (introduced), Fiji (introduced), peninsular Malaysia (introduced), Vietnam (introduced), Java (introduced), China (introduced), Guyana (introduced), Surinam (introduced), French Guiana (introduced), Brazil (introduced), Lesser Antilles (introduced) (St. Martin (introduced), St. Barts (introduced), Saba (introduced), St. Eustatius (introduced), St. Kitts (introduced), Nevis (introduced), Montserrat (introduced), Guadeloupe (introduced), Marie Galante (introduced), Dominica (introduced), Martinique (introduced), St. Lucia (introduced), St. Vincent (introduced), Grenada (introduced), Barbados (introduced)), Bolivia (introduced), Trinidad (introduced), Tobago (introduced), Mexico (introduced), Palau Isl. (introduced) (Koror (introduced)), Society Isl. (introduced) (Tahiti (introduced), Moorea (introduced), Tahaa (introduced)), Southern Marianas (introduced) (Rota (introduced), Guam (introduced)), Tonga (introduced) (Tongatapu (introduced), 'Eua (introduced), Lifuka (introduced), Vava'u (introduced)), Marquesas Isl. (introduced), Niue (introduced), American Samoa (introduced) (Tutuila (introduced)), Hawaii (introduced) (Midway Isl. (introduced), Kauai (introduced), Oahu (introduced), Molokai (introduced), Lanai (introduced), Maui (introduced), Kahoolawe Isl. (introduced), Hawaii Isl. (introduced)), Andamans (introduced), Nicobars (introduced), USA (introduced) (Alabama (introduced), Connecticut (introduced), Florida (introduced), Kentucky (introduced), Louisiana (introduced), Pennsylvania (introduced), Texas (introduced)), U.S. Virgin Isl. (introduced)
Lifezones: -
Additional data: Binomial generated by Sp2000
Source database: World Plants, Mar 2014   100%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu//
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:15b5e35c-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401

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