Characteristics
Dicots
Momordica charantia L.
BALSAMPEAR
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Not Native UPL (NWPL) FISC(II)
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Classification
CUCURBITALES
Momordica charantia L. - BALSAMPEAR
Citation
MOMORDICA CHARANTIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1009. 1753.
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Cult. in Netherlands, without data (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by C. Jeffrey, in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Cucurbitac. 31. 1967.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
PIHG
 
Brevard
USF
 
Broward
USF
 
Charlotte
USF
 
Collier
USF
 
DeSoto
USF
 
Escambia
FSU
 
Hardee
USF
 
Hendry
USF
 
Hernando
PIHG
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Cucumis intermedius
Cucumis intermedius M. Roemer, Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 80. 1846.
 
 
Momordica anthelmintica
Momordica anthelmintica Schumacher & Thonning, in Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl. 423. 1827.
 
 
Momordica charantia var. abbreviata
Momordica charantia Linnaeus, var. abbreviata Seringe, in de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 311. 1828.
BASIONYM: Momordica zeylanica Miller 1768.
 
Momordica charantia var. muricata
Momordica charantia Linnaeus, var. muricata (Willdenow) Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W.I. 287. 1860.
BASIONYM: Momordica muricata Willdenow 1805.
 
Momordica charantia var. zeylanica
Momordica charantia Linnaeus, var. zeylanica (Miller) Hitchcock, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 89. 1893, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Momordica charantia Linnaeus, var. abbreviata Seringe 1828; Momordica zeylanica Miller 1768.
 
Momordica chinensis
Momordica chinensis Anon., Bull. Reale Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 18: 14. 1893.
 
TYPE: CHINA:
Momordica elegans
Momordica elegans Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 158. 1796, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Momordica charantia Linnaeus 1753.
 
Momordica jagorana
Momordica jagorana K. Koch, Wochenschr. Gaertnerei Pflanzenk. 1(Nachr.): 45. 1858.
 
 
Momordica muricata
Momordica muricata Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 602. 1805.
 
TYPE: INDIA: Kerala: Malabar, without data (holotype: Rheede, Hort. Malab. 8: t. 10. 1688).
Momordica papillosa
Momordica papillosa Peckolt ex Rosenthal, Syn. Pl. Diaph. 678. 1862.
 
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Momordica charantia - 10
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Momordica charantia - 20
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Momordica charantia - 20
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Momordica charantia - 20
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Momordica charantia - 20
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Momordica charantia - 20
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Momordica charantia - 41
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Momordica charantia - 93
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Momordica charantia - 139
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Momordica charantia - 139
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Momordica charantia - 139
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Momordica charantia - 159
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Momordica charantia - 258
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