Momordica charantia

Characteristics
Dicots
CUCURBITACEAE
Momordica
Momordica charantia L.
BALSAMPEAR
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Not Native UPL (NWPL) FISC(II)
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Classification
CUCURBITALES
Momordica
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.
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