Momordica balsamina L.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Momordica balsamina L.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Infrequent over hedges.
  • Key identification features : Flowers bright yellow, male and female flowers solitary. Berries 3-6 cms long, broadly ovoid, fusiform, muricate or echinate, beaked. Seeds slightly turgid, smooth or sculptured.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Amravati district, Chandrapur district
  • Literature : N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.; pp- 63. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Momordica balsamina. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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