- 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 IPNI) : 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
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Angola, Australia, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swa
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Angola, Australia, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Momordica balsamina. Downloaded on 12 November 2024.
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