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Momordica charantia
Sp. Pl. 2: 1009. 1753.
Common names: Balsam pear
IllustratedIntroduced
Distribution
Ala., Conn., Fla., Ga., La., Pa., Africa
Discussion
Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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narrowed +
pedate +
3-7[-9]-lobed;reniform;orbiculate +
persistent +
adnate +
Balsam pear +
campanulate;rotate +
straight +
berrylike +
aculeate +
axillary +
unisexual +
beaked +
red-orange;yellow-orange +
dehiscent +
pendent +
glabrous +
muriculate;irregularly tuberculate;muricate +
fleshy +
perennial +
obconic +
umbellate;subumbellate +
true +
alternate +
ovate-elliptic;ovate-oblong;ovate-elliptic;ovate-oblong;rhombic-ovate;ovate +
grooved +
fimbriate +
erect +
yellow;bright-yellow +
distinct +
glabrous +
oblong;obovate +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
fibrous +
red-arillate +
10;50 +
connate +
vestigial +
linear;ovatelanceolate or ovate-acuminate +
connate +
absent +
trailing +
hairy;glabrous +
eglandular +
Momordica charantia +
Momordica +
species +
unbranched +
absent +
exalbuminous +
annual +
trailing +
monoecious +